to pacify the people, Pedro Lopez ordered his brother-in-law,
the bishop, to quit the town, and he repaired to the Huerta del Rey, a
country-house in the environs. On arriving at Olias the king sent the
two brothers, in recompense of their good service, a deed of gift of
seventy thousand _maravedis_ of annual revenue.

The grief of Maria de Silva at the failure of her project was such as
almost to deprive her of her reason, and added to the eloquence of her
entreaties to win over her husband to the king's interests. He now,
therefore, exerted himself to gain the principal citizens, and succeeded
so completely, that within three days from the departure of Enrique the
Fourth, he was enabled to recall the Bishop of Badajos to Toledo, and to
banish in his stead the Marshal de Payo and his son, who retired to
their estates. Unanimous was now the cry of "Viva Enrique Quarto, y
Mueren los rebeldes!" and the following day, a Sunday, the king
re-entered Toledo in the midst of the general joy and festivity, and
preceded directly to the residence of the Alcalde, in order to thank his
wife for her loyal efforts. A lodging was there in readiness to receive
him, which he occupied during his stay in Toledo. Pedro Lopez de Ayala
received on the king's return to Madrid the title of Count of his town
of Fuensalida, and shortly afterwards, at Medina del Campo, a grant of
the towns of Casaruvias del monte, Chocas, and Arroyomolinos.

The town and castle of Escalona are situated at eight leagues, or
thirty-two miles, to the east of Toledo. It is one of the towns, about
a dozen in number, the foundation of which is attributed by the Count de
Mora, in his history of Toledo, to the Jews. He fixes the date at about
five centuries before the Christian era, when a large number of
Israelites, to whom Cyrus, king of Babylon, had granted their liberty,
arrived in Spain under the guidance of a Captain Pirrus, and fixed
themselves principally in and around Toledo. He also states that the
synagogue of Toledo--since called Santa Maria la Blanca--was erected by
them. The name given by them to Escalona was Ascalon. The neighbouring
Maqueda was another of their towns, and was called Mazeda. It was
created a duchy by Ferdinand and Isabella in favour of their courtier
Cardenas. I cannot learn the date of the castle of Escalona. Alonzo the
Sixth won the town from the Moors; and it is probable that the castle
was erected, at least in part, by Diego and Doming