You will be thought to have treated me as a prisoner." "Then the matter is at an end," replied the king; "for I will take that dishonor upon me; and so your honor is saved."[*] The king of Castile found himself under a necessity of complying; but he first exacted Henry's promise that he would spare Suffolk's life.

That nobleman was invited over to England by Philip; as if the king would grant him a pardon, on the intercession of his friend and ally.

Upon his appearance, he was committed to the Tower; and the king of Castile, having fully satisfied Henry, as well by this concession as by signing a treaty of commerce between England and Castile, which was advantageous to the former kingdom,[*] was at last allowed to depart, after a stay of three months.
* Bacon, p.

633.
** Rymer, vol.xiii.p.

142.
He landed in Spain, was joyfully received by the Castilians, and pit in possession of the throne.
{1507.} He died soon after; and Joan, his widow, falling into deep melancholy Ferdinand was again enabled to reinstate himself in authority, and to govern, till the day of his death, the whole Spanish monarchy.
The king survived these transactions two years; but nothing memorable occurs in the remaining part of his reign, except his affiancing his second daughter, Mary, to the young archduke Charles, son of Philip of Castile.
{1508.} He entertained also some intentions of marriage for himself, first with the queen dowager of Naples, relict of Ferdinand; afterwards with the duchess dowager of Savoy, daughter of Maximilian, and sister of Philip.