The Lay of the Cid

He bade go with Minaya Per Vermudóz straightway. The next day in the morning they departed with all speed, And a full two hundred henchmen along with them they lead, With greeti...

"Ha, don Raquél and Vidas, you have forgotten me! And now must I get hence away who am banished in disgrace, For the king from me in anger hath turned away his face. I deem that...

XXIX. In Alcocér the burghers to the Cid their tribute paid And all the dwellers in Terrér and Teca furthermore. And the townsmen of Calatayúd, know well, it irked them sore. Fu...

They came forth from the palace when all these things were done. And then unto Saint Mary's in haste they got them gone. Bishop Jerome his vestments swiftly to him has ta 'en, A...

Thereto the Count gave answer: "Not so the matter ends. For what was and is of evil he shall make me full amends. The Exile shall know swiftly whom he has sought to slight."

Gone is Minaya. Home again did the two counts return. He hastens to San Pedro where the three ladies are. Very great was the rejoicing when they saw him from afar. To offer pray...

And now the Heirs of Carrión saw that it must be done Since they are very near of kin, counsel they took thereon. Count García that to ruin the Cid sought evermore, My lord the...

Synopsis: The national epic of Spain, written in the twelfth century about Rodrigo Diaz of Bivar, conqueror of Valencia, who only died in 1099 but had already become a legend. R...

Quoth Felez Múñoz: "Heart and soul that duty pleases me." Minaya Alvar Fañez before the Cid came he: "Back to the town of Valencia, Oh Cid, now let us go; For if our God and Fat...

Soon as the suit was finished to the court two horsemen came, And Inigo Ximénez and Ojárra men them name; For Navarra's Heir-apparent, proxy-suitor was the one, The other was th...