ted their struggle by the
conquest of Grenada.

[Roderick the Goth violated Florinda, or Caba, or Cava, daughter of
Count Julian, one of his principal lieutenants. In revenge for this
outrage, Julian allied himself with Musca, the Caliph's lieutenant in
Africa, and countenanced the invasion of Spain by a body of Saracens and
Africans commanded by Tarik, from whom Jebel Tarik, Tarik's Rock, that
is, Gibraltar, is said to have been named. The issue was the defeat and
death of Roderick and the Moorish occupation of Spain. A Spaniard,
according to Cervantes, may call his dog, but not his daughter,
Florinda. (See _Vision of Don Roderick_, by Sir W. Scott, stanza iv.
note 5.)]

8.

No! as he speeds, he chants "Viv[=a] el Rey!"
Stanza xlviii. line 5.

"Viv[=a] el Rey Fernando!" Long live King Ferdinand! is the chorus of
most of the Spanish patriotic songs. They are chiefly in dispraise of
the old King Charles, the Queen, and the Prince of Peace. I have heard
many of them: some of the airs are beautiful. Godoy, the _Principe de la
Paz_, of an ancient but decayed family, was born at Badajoz, on the
frontiers of Portugal, and was originally in the ranks of the Spanish
guards; till his person attracted the queen's eyes, and raised him to
the dukedom of Alcudia, etc., etc. It is to this man that the Spaniards
universally impute the ruin of their country.

[Manuel de Godoy (1767-1851) received the title of _Principe de la Paz_,
Prince of the Peace, in 1795, after the Treaty of Basle, which ceded
more than half St. Domingo to France. His tenure of power, as prime
minister and director of the king's policy, coincided with the downfall
of Spanish power, and before the commencement of the Peninsular War he
was associated in the minds of the people with national corruption and
national degradation. He was, moreover, directly instrumental in the
betrayal of Spain to France. By the Treaty of Fontainebleau, October 27,
1807, Portugal was to be divided between the King of Etruria and Godoy
as Prince of the Algarves, Portuguese America was to fall to the King of
Spain, and to bring this about Napoleon's troops were to enter Spain and
march directly to Lisbon. The sole outcome of the treaty was the
occupation of Portugal and subsequent invasion of Spain. Before Byron
had begun his pilgrimage, Godoy's public career had come to an end.
During the insurrectio