had trembled at each new effort he made to emancipate his government; his good intentions had all been frustrated and checked, and he had been forced to sacrifice his ministers to the vengeance of superstition.

Florida Blanca and d'Aranda died in exile, to which they had been condemned for the crime of having served their country.

The weak Charles IV.

had mounted the throne and reigned for several years, guided by a faithless wife, a confessor, and a favourite.

The loves of Godoy and the queen formed the whole of the Spanish policy, and to the fortune of the favourite all the rest of the empire was sacrificed.