uke referred to here, if we presume that the author had some
definite duke in mind. The beautiful family mansion, known as _la
Casa de Pilatos_, is still standing, a mixture of Gothic, Moorish,
and Renaissance designs.]

[Footnote 9: San Pedro. The church of San Pedro, a Gothic structure
of the fourteenth century, built on the site of a mosque, is
situated near the modern market and not far from the University. The
little square in front of the church bears the same name.]

[Footnote 10: callejon de las Duenas. A short street called to-day
_Calle de Gerona_. It connects the Plaza del Espiritu Santo and that
of Sta. Catalina. This street received its name from the Cistercian
nuns whose convent, destroyed in the revolution of 1868, was
situated here.]

[Footnote 11: las del de Medinasidonia= 'those of the (Duke) of
Medinasidonia.' In the fifteenth century Seville was the scene of
many bloody frays between the hostile houses of Medinasidonia and
Ponce de Leon, but through the intervention of Ferdinand and
Isabella this enmity was happily terminated before the close of that
century, long before the creation of the title of Duke of Alcala.
The dukedom of Medinasidonia was created in 1445 by Juan II, and the
best-known duke of this name during the reign of Philip II was
commander of the celebrated Armada (1588).]

Ya se han visto, ya se detienen unos y otros, sin pasar de
sus puestos... los grupos se disuelven... los ministriles, a
quienes en estas ocasiones apalean amigos y enemigos, se retiran ... hasta
el senor asistente,[1] con su vara y todo, se refugia
en el atrio... y luego dicen que hay justicia.

[Footnote 1: asistente. A magistrate in Seville, and certain other
cities, whose duties and prerogatives corresponded with those of the
_corregidor_ elsewhere. This office came into existence in Seville
about the middle of the fifteenth century, and was filled during the
reign of Philip II by some fifteen asistentes in succession, most of
them counts.]

Para los pobres....

Vamos, vamos, ya brillan los broqueles en la obscuridad.... iNuestro
Senor del Gran Poder[1] nos asista! Ya comienzan los golpes ivecina!
ivecina! aqui... antes que cierren las puertas. Pero icalle! ?Que es
eso? Aun no ban comenzado, cuando lo dejan. ?Que resplandor es aquel?
iHachas encendidas! iLiteras! Es el senor obispo.[2]

[Footnote 1: Nuestro Senor del Gran Poder. An epithet applied