The Emperor, highest in rank among Christian monarchs, the Spanish court, distinguished among all courts by sensitiveness and pertinacity on points of etiquette, renounced the odious privilege.

Lewis alone was impracticable.

What other sovereigns might choose to do, he said, was nothing to him.

He therefore sent a mission to Rome, escorted by a great force of cavalry and infantry.

The Ambassador marched to his palace as a general marches in triumph through a conquered town.