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At the thought of Fray Diego leaving, she wrote to her father, she was 'in such a state she feels almost desperate', and if Ferdinand did not help, she feared 'something may happen which neither he nor king Henry would be able to prevent'. Her confessor was her 'only consolation' in her 'miserable life' and she would 'perish' without him. She begged her father to help 'before [her] life was sacrificed, as she fear[ed] it would be soon, owing to the trials she [had] to endure.' Lastly, she threatened to 'do something desperate'.

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And the Katherine who could sob that she had barely enough cash to clothe herself, and who professed that she had 'suffered martyrdom' for her country and her family, managed to secure sufficient resources to buy books for her beloved confessor. She also berated her chamberlain for trying to stop her from selling plate 'to satisfy the follies of the friar', as Fuensalida put it.

Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana of Castile