tired to seek
such rest as the strange land and strange people, the altered diet,
and the firing of guns, which never ceased through the summer night,
would allow him.

[Footnote 339: Non havendo mai levato la berretta a
persona.--Baoardo.]

[Footnote 340: Noailles.]

Another feature of his new country awaited Philip in the morning (July
21); he had come from the sunny plains of Castile; from his window at
Southampton he looked out upon a steady downfall of July rain. Through
the cruel torrent[341] he made his way to the church again to mass,
and afterwards Gardiner came to him from the queen. In the afternoon
the sky cleared, and the Duchess of Alva, who had accompanied her
husband, was taken out in a barge upon Southampton Water. Both English
and Spaniards exerted themselves to be mutually pleasing; but the
situation was not of a kind which it was desirable to protract. Six
thousand Spanish troops were cooped in the close uneasy transports,
forbidden to land lest they should provoke the jealousy of the people;
and when, on Sunday (July 22), his highness had to undergo a public
dinner, in which English servants only were allowed to attend upon
him, the Castilian lords, many of whom believed that they had come to
England on a bootless errand, broke out into murmurs.[342]

[Footnote 341: Crudele pioggia.--Baoardo.]

[Footnote 342: La Dominica Mattina se n'ando a
messa et tornato a casa mangio in publico servito
da gli officiali che gli haveva data la Reina con
mala satisfattione degli Spagnuoli, i quali
dubitando che la cosa non andasse a lungo,
mormoravano assai tra di loro.--Baoardo.]

Monday came at last; the rain fell again, and the wind howled. The
baggage was sent forward in the morning in the midst of the tempest.
Philip lingered in hopes of a change; but no change came, and after an
early dinner the trumpet sounded to horse. Lords, knights, and
gentlemen had thronged into the town, from curiosity or interest, out
of all the counties round. Before the prince mounted it was reckoned,
with uneasiness, that as many as four thousand cavaliers, under no
command, were collected to join the procession.

A grey gelding was led up for Philip; he wrapped himself in a scarlet
cloak, and started to meet his bride--to complete a sac