-4-5. =Como... bane=: this passage is obscure, but
the meaning seems to be, _as a pledge that the river
should so zealously bathe it_.

18. =la hermosa=, according to tradition, was Florinda,
daughter of Count Julian. Roderick (Roderico or Rodrigo),
the last king of the Goths in Spain, saw Florinda bathing
in the Tagus, conceived a passion for her and dishonored
her. In revenge Julian is said to have brought the
Saracens into Spain.

27. =puerta=: this may refer to the Puerta Visagra
Antigua, an ancient Arabic gate of the ninth century, now
closed.

=92.=--12. =Las... horadarle= = _al horadarle las palmas
(al rey)_. According to tradition Alfonso, who became
afterward King Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile, when a
refugee at the court of Alimenon, the Moorish king of
Toledo, overheard the Moorish sovereign and his advisers
talking about the defences of the city. The Moors said
that the Christians, by a siege, could probably starve
Toledo into submission. Upon perceiving Alfonso near at
hand apparently asleep, the Moors, to prove whether he was
really asleep or not, poured molten lead into page 274
his hand, and he had sufficient will power to remain
motionless while the lead burned a hole through it.

Mariana (_Historia de Espana, Libro IX, Cap. VIII_)
relates this story, but rejects it and says that the
real cause of Alfonso's nickname ("_el rey de la mano
horadada_") was his extreme generosity.

13. =circo romano=: to the east of the _Hospital de San
Juan Bautista_ of Toledo lies the suburb of Covachuelas,
the houses of which conceal the ruins of a Roman
amphitheater.

15. =Basilica=: in the lower _Vega_, to the northwest
of Toledo, is the hermitage of _El Cristo de la Vega_,
formerly known as the _Basilica de Santa Leocadia_, which
dated from the fourth century. This edifice was the
meeting-place of several Church councils. The ancient
building was destroyed by the Moors and has been
repeatedly rebuilt.

=95.=--21. =el templo=: the _Ermita del Cristo de la
Vega_. See preceding note.

27. =Viase= = _veiase_: _via_, for _veia_, is not uncommon
in poetry.

=105.=--3-5. =Gritan... valor= = _los que en el mercado
venden, gritan en discorde son_ =lo vendido y el valor= (=
_what they have for sale and its price_).

=107.=--13-14. =y... honor= = _y dispensad que (yo) dudara
de vuestro honor acusado_.

=108.=--10. See note, p. 92, l. 15.

=112.=--16. =cada un ano= = _cada ano_.

Antonio