It has been recorded by classic historians, that the different fragments, after their arrival in Spain, were re-united, and fastened together with wire; that the body was then stuffed, attired in magnificent habiliments, placed upon its feet, and supported by a martial staff, and that thus prepared for a royal interview, the mortal remains of Don John were presented to his Most Catholic Majesty.

Philip is said to have manifested emotion at sight of the hideous spectre--for hideous and spectral, despite of jewels, balsams, and brocades, must have been that unburied corpse, aping life in attitude and vestment, but standing there only to assert its privilege of descending into the tomb.

The claim was granted, and Don John of Austria at last found repose by the side of his imperial father.
A sufficient estimate of his character has been apparent in the course of the narrative.

Dying before he had quite completed his thirty-third year, he excites pity and admiration almost as much as censure.

His military career was a blaze of glory.