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Alfonso X.
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The Wise, or the Astronomer, king of Castile and Leon, celebrated as an astronomer and a philosopher; after various successes over the Moors, first one son and then another rose against him and drove him from the throne; died of chagrin at Seville two years later. His fame connects itself with the preparation of the Alfonsine Tables, and the remark that "the universe seemed a crank machine, and it was a pity the Creator had not taken advice." It was a saying of his, "old wood to burn, old books to read, old wine to drink, and old friends to converse with" (1226-1284).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Alfonso X.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/alfonso-x.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Alfonso X.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/alfonso-x.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
