Who Killed the King?

Who Killed The King? King Philip II of Spain was murdered, but by who? With a sum of at least 20 suspects that would have strong reasoning to kill him, who did it? He was found poisoned in bed early one morning, his murderer escaped his castle never to be found. However, upon further investigation, 10 highly interesting clues were found in a burlap sack stuffed behind a statue of the Virgin and Child. Those clues consisted of: A map from Orelius’ Typus Orbus Terrarum, keys to manacles, silver coins, potatoes, Las Casas’ Apologetic History, Elizabeth I’s speech at Tilbury, a Holy Bible in Dutch, Columbus’ Journal, Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises, and a note saying, “It’s working, my friends…”. Separately those clues can each be linked individually to someone suspected for his murder. Columbus’ Journal is linked with Christopher Columbus who lost his title of governor and was arrested by King Ferdinand. Elizabeth I’s speech at Tilbury, which is the speech that Queen Elizabeth of England gave to her troops before they defeated the Spanish Armada which was organized by King Philip II himself. Las Casas’ Apologetic History is a book that Bartolome de las Casas wrote while having been the “Protector of the Indians”, of which King Philip would not let him reveal to the public about the horrors that were being brought upon the Indians by the Spanish explorers. There was also a Holy Bible in Dutch, which could have held the map from Orelius’ Typus Orbus Terrarum. The keys to manacles could represent anyone who was falsely imprisoned by King Philip II or his predecessors. Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises were to help someone improve their Catholic faith for their daily lives, thus being able to be linked to anyone who was ordered to become Catholic by the Spanish royalty. The potato originated near the South America civilizations which could perhaps be from Atahualpa who was killed by Francisco Pizarro, who was ultimately able to explore because of King Philip’s permission.