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this so encourag'd the Christians, that they with spirit attack'd these Infidels, & in the fifteenth Century drove them out of all their Conquests except the Kingdom of Granada, & form'd Mevarre, Portugal, Castille & Arragon into a Kingdom, & nam'd it Spain on the Marriage of Ferdinand & Isabella; the note + Ap. 1491. /note Sarassans soon + after addition lost all Grenada except /addition deletion were reduc'd to /deletion the City; note +Jan. 1492. /note which addition held out near /addition deletion was besieg'd /deletion a Year. +

The Sarassans thus driven out of Spain were follow'd into Africa, the Towns of Oran, Regia, Algiers, & Tripoly conquer'd, & the Kings of Tremecen & Tripoly forc'd to pay an annual tribute.

The Reign of Ferdinand & Isabella is also famous for their usurping the Kingdoms of Naples & Navarre, & for the discovery of America by Columbus.

By the Marriage of Jane Daughter of this Royal pair, the Philip the Emperor Maximilian's son, the Dominions of the House of Austria were added to these.