Chapter IV: Ministry formed by Ferdinand 219

Godoy’s property confiscated without a trial 220

Murat enters Spain 222

People of Madrid exhorted to receive the French as friends 223

The French enter Madrid 224

Murat refuses to acknowledge Ferdinand 226

Grouchy made Governor of Madrid 226

Declaration concerning the affair of the Escurial 227

The abdication represented as a voluntary act 227

Charles complains to the French 228

He writes to Buonaparte, intreating him to interfere 230

Letters of the Queen to Murat 231

The Infante D. Carlos sent to meet Buonaparte 234

Ferdinand is urged to go and meet the Emperor 235

The sword of Francis I. restored to the French 236

Alarm of the people 237

Perplexity of Ferdinand and his Ministers 238

Dispatches from Izquierdo 240

The Ministers deceived by these dispatches 243

General Savary arrives at Madrid 244

Ferdinand consents to go 245

He sets out from Madrid 247

Urquijo’s advice to him at Vitoria 249

Ferdinand writes to Buonaparte from Vitoria 252

Buonaparte’s reply 254

Ferdinand is advised to proceed 258

Promises of Savary, and preparations for seizing Ferdinand 259

Ferdinand passes the frontiers 260

Buonaparte receives him with an embrace 261

Ferdinand is required to renounce the throne for himself and
all his family 261

Conversation between Buonaparte and Escoiquez 262

Second conference with Escoiquez 268

Cevallos is required to discuss the terms of the renunciation
with M. Champagny 269

Buonaparte’s declaration to Cevallos 271

Terms proposed to Escoiquez 272

Debates among Ferdinand’s Counsellors 273

Labrador appointed to treat with M. Champagny 274

Ferdinand is prevented from returning 275

Buonaparte sends for Charles and the Queen to Bayonne 277

Godoy released by Murat, and sent to Bayonne 278

He is reinstated as Charles’s Minister 280

Ferdinand’s proposals to his Father 281

Letter from Charles to his Son 282

Ferdinand’s reply 287

Terms upon which he offers to restore the crown 291

Interview between Charles and Ferdinand in presence of
Buonaparte 292

Ferdinand’s renunciation 293

Proclamation of Charles to the Spaniards 294

Charles cedes his rights to Buonaparte 295

Treaty of cession 296

Ferdinand threatened by Buonaparte 298

His act of renunciation 299

The Royal Family sent into France 300