ts at that moment. The reverend father Francisco Colin, outgoing
provincial and present rector of the college of the Society of Jesus,
and qualifier of the Holy Office, sealed the glory of that day. He
mounted the pulpit, where he preached a sermon so well suited to the
subject in its eloquence, the depth of its arguments, the gravity
and maturity of its discourse, the profundity and erudition of its
fundamental proofs, and the solidity and thoroughness of its learning,
that he arrested the attention and even the admiration of those
present. Not less learnedly did he instruct them than he melted them
to affection and sorrow, quickening in them all, with his intellectual
vigor and his well-known pulpit eloquence, grief at having lost a life
so filled with virtues and so crowned with merits. Some responsaries
followed the sermon, and with that ended the funeral ceremonies for
our prince, whose memory will live immortal in our hearts. During
those two days was shown the devotion and loyalty of vassals ever
attentive to the service of their Catholic monarch, in recognition of
the rewards that they receive from his august hand. The same parade
was formed once more; and, leaving his Lordship at the palace, they
bade one another farewell, and returned to their houses.

The sumptuous and royal mausoleum, which was erected by the piety
of this noble community, occupies the last place in this brief
relation. In the description of it, one finds his eloquence fail
and he is dismayed, and he can find no excellence in his art that is
proportionate to the measure of its grandeur and majesty. The said
alcaldes-in-ordinary and two regidors assisted the fiscal auditor as
managers in the construction of that catafalque. They urged forward the
work, and attended to what was done by the best workmen and those who
were most skilled in the matter. Beyond doubt they saw fulfilled the
object of their vigilance, in the applause and admiration of all. It
was a work that seemed born of nature rather than a contrived invention
of art. In it gravity was surpassed, richness gleamed forth, majesty
was displayed, and method excelled; and its brilliancy was dazzling,
with so beautiful an arrangement and display of lights, without proving
an obstacle by their number or the lights paling, that grandeur was
never seen to greater advantage or majesty more resplendent.

Its ground space and arch occupied all the space of the principal
chapel, until it met t