and carried in a chair to the high altar, — ^the monks singing
Te Deum Laudamus as he was borne along ; and Charles ad-
dressing a few words, by the way, to the Count of Oropesa,
who was on his right, and the indefatigable Quixada, who
walked on his left.
At the conclusion of the service the Imperial guest held
his first ecclesiastical levee. Every monk was presented to
him, and they all appear to have maintained a quiet self-
respect, except the Prior, who got confused, addressed the
Emperor as " Your Paternity," and was corrected by a bro-
ther, who told him that "Your Majesty" was the proper
form to be employed. The ceremony concluded, Charles
retired to his own apartments, to forget at supper the ob-
servation of his physician, or of a more humble servant, that
he would have little acquaintance with the gout if he would
only keep his mouth shut something more than was custo-
mary with him.
And such was the way by which the great Charles V.
