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As the future monarch struggled to live, the Crown mobilized every tool in its power. A team of thirty-one wet nurses was mobilized to suckle him; they had to be between twenty and forty years old, with breasts of a certain size, decent and good-natured, and neither Jewish nor Muslim. Candidates endured a long and tedious examination of their family tree before being allowed to give Carlos the teat.


Source:

Talty, Stephan. “Sodom.” Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan’s Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws’ Bloody Reign. New York: Crown Publishing Group (NY), 2007. 74-75. Print.


Further Reading:

Carlos II of Spain / Charles II of Spain / Carlos “the Bewitched”)

>As the future monarch struggled to live, the Crown mobilized every tool in its power. A team of thirty-one wet nurses was mobilized to suckle him; they had to be between twenty and forty years old, with breasts of a certain size, decent and good-natured, and neither Jewish nor Muslim. Candidates endured a long and tedious examination of their family tree before being allowed to give [Carlos](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Rey_Carlos_II_de_Espa%C3%B1a.jpg) the teat. _______________________________ **Source:** Talty, Stephan. “Sodom.” *Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan’s Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws’ Bloody Reign*. New York: Crown Publishing Group (NY), 2007. 74-75. Print. ________________________________ **Further Reading:** [Carlos II of Spain / Charles II of Spain / Carlos “the Bewitched”)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_Spain)

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