effulgence.

Here may fair foreigners feast their eyes on fawn-coloured _majos_,
whose every step (although no more exalted beings than butchers,
postilions, horsedealers, and such like) would be envied by Antinous and
Apollo. I should advise no veils, nor winkings, nor blinkings on these
occasions, but eyes wide open--for never more (the Pyrenees once
repassed) will their orbits expand to the forms and costumes of
blackguards half so beautiful.

But these are subjects slightly unsuited to the interior of the
cathedral, of our presence in which we are evidently forgetful. The
Mozarabic Chapel, founded by Cardinal Ximenes de Cisneros, is situated
under the southern tower, and contains a Virgin and Child executed in
Mosaic, and a curious old fresco painting, representing the battle of
Oran, at which the Cardinal was victorious over the Arabs. This chapel
is set apart for the performance of the Mozarabic ritual, still retained
by a portion of the population of Toledo, and the exercise of which was
continued in several churches, until the closing of some of them at the
recent revolution.

The Arab conquerors of Spain exercised towards the religion of the
country, the most complete and liberal tolerance. All who preferred
remaining in the conquered towns to flight and exile, were allowed to
retain a sufficient number of places of worship for the free exercise of
their religion. On the subsequent introduction of the Italian missal,
those who retained the ancient gothic forms were called Mozarabes (mixti
Arabes, according to some, from their service being the same as that in
use during the co-existence together of the two creeds). A more probable
origin is attributed to the expression by some antiquaries, who derive
it from Muza, the name of the Moorish general. The mass of the
Christians who had taken refuge in the Asturias, applied the term to
their brethren, who preferred accepting from the Arabs what they
considered a degrading tolerance. The following singular mode of
decision was adopted for the purpose of settling the question between
the two missals.

The King, Alonzo the Sixth, the Archbishop Don Bernardo, and the court,
were among the advocates of the new missal, which, being adopted in
Rome, they were very desirous of establishing on the occasion of the
restoration of the Christian supremacy at Toledo. The mass of the
people were attached to their ancient forms. It was resolved that the
question should be decid