ently relieved by his friends.

We therefore believe that he now enjoys the crown of the blessed
martyrs, whose labours he imitated, whose pattern and example he
followed. Whereby we may understand, that whoever builds a church to
God's glory, provides for himself a residence in his kingdom. For this
cause was Charles snatched from the hands of demons, and borne by good
angels to heavenly habitations.

BALLAD ROMANCE
TOUCHING
THE DAYS OF CHARLEMAGNE
AND OF
THE CID CAMPEADOR
WITH THE BALLAD OF COUNT ALARCOS

_FROM THE SPANISH BALLADS TRANSLATED BY_
JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART.

CONTENTS.

PART I.

THE MOOR CALAYNOS 57
THE ESCAPE OF GAYFEROS 61
MELISENDRA 63
THE MARCH OF BERNARDO DEL CARPIO 67
LADY ALDA'S DREAM 69
THE ADMIRAL GUARINOS 71
THE COMPLAINT OF THE COUNT OF SALDENHA 75
THE FUNERAL OF THE COUNT OF SALDENHA 76
BERNARDO AND ALPHONSO 78

PART II.

THE YOUNG CID 81
XIMENA DEMANDS VENGEANCE 83
THE CID AND THE FIVE MOORISH KINGS 84
THE CID'S COURTSHIP 85
THE CID'S WEDDING 87
THE CID AND THE LEPER 88
BAVIECA 90
THE EXCOMMUNICATION OF THE CID 92

PART III.

COUNT ALARCOS AND THE INFANTA SOLIS 94

PART I.

THE MOOR CALAYNOS.

In the following version I have taken liberty to omit a good many of the
introductory stanzas of the famous _Coplas de Calainos_. The reader will
remember that this ballad is alluded to in Don Quixote, where the
Knight's nocturnal visit to Toboso is described.

It is generally believed to be among the most ancient, and certainly was
among the most popular, of all the ballads in the Cancionero.

I.
"I had six Moorish nurses, but the seventh was not a Moor,
The Moors they gave me milk enow, but the Christian gave me lore;
And she told me ne'er to listen, though sweet the words might be,
Till he that spake had proved his troth, and pledged a gallant fee."--

II.
"Fair damsel," quoth Calaynos, "if thou wilt go with me,
Say what may win thy favour, and thine that gift shall be.
Fair stands the castle on the rock, the city in the vale,
And bonny is the red re