That vanity sustained him to
the end, which he suffered in October of 1595, a full year after
his arrest. To the last he avoided admissions that should throw
light upon his obscure identity and origin.
"If it were known who I am . . ." he would say, and there break
off.
He was hanged, drawn and quartered, and he endured his fate with
calm fortitude. Frey Miguel suffered in the same way with the
like dignity, after having undergone degradation from his
priestly dignity.
As for the unfortunate Princess Anne, crushed under a load of
shame and humiliation, she had gone to her punishment in the
previous July. The Apostolic Commissary notified her of the
sentence which King Philip had confirmed. She was to be
transferred to another convent, there to undergo a term of four
years' solitary confinement in her cell, and to fast on bread and
water every Friday. She was pronounced incapable of ever holding
any office, and was to be treated on the expiry of her term as an
ordinary nun, her civil list abolished, her title of Excellency
to be extinguished, together with all other honours and
privileges conferred upon her by King Philip.
The piteous letters of supplication that she addressed to the
King, her uncle, still exist.
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