ttered a most piteous moan, as he presented
the object to Don Manuel. It was the portrait of Gomez Arias. That
melancholy testimonial told that the heavenly spirit had lately taken
its flight, for it was yet moist with _her_ tears, the last effort of
her departing soul--the last sad evidence of a _woman's love_.

Non come fiamma, che per forza e spenta,
Ma che per se medesma si consuma,
Se n'ando in pace l'anima contenta.

_Petrarca._

THE END.

GUNNELL AND SHEARMAN, PRINTERS, SALISBURY SQUARE.

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NOTES:

[1] The unfortunate passion of Don Rodrigo, the last of the Goths, for
Florinda, surnamed La Cava, was the primary cause of the Moorish
invasion, and the disastrous wars which followed. Count Julian, father
of the frail fair one, highly indignant at the affront he had received,
resolved to take the most signal vengeance. His views were warmly
espoused by Don Oppas, Archbishop of Toledo, who was the most
influential man in the kingdom. These two noblemen betrayed their
country to the Moors, who, invited by them, landed in Spain, under the
command of Tarik and Muza.

[2] The Black.

[3] Champion of the Lists.

[4] For this and for my King.

[5] A kind of small mantle.

[6] I am like my name.

[7]

I will bear him to the skies,
That he may have the greater fall.

[8] Know him by his deeds.

[9] The game of the Ring.

[10] The _Chirimia_ was a musical instrument made of wood, resembling
somewhat a wooden flageolet, though much longer: it contained ten holes;
the wind pipe was thin, and made of reed. _Praecentoria tuba, fistula
musica._ The _Dulzaina_ was an instrument like the _Chirimia_, only upon
a smaller scale, and capable of producing sounds more acute and
sharp.--_Tibia._

[11] Gallants.

[12] Pera. The military term is _imperial_; a small tuft of hair.

[13] Jester.

[14] _Reja_, a small grated window.

[15] _Anglice_, a beldam.

[16] I am an old Christian.

[17] A porch,--the entrance of a building.

[18] From a poor sinner like myself.

[19] Jew.

[20] St. James of Compostela, patron of Spain.

[21] Girl.

[22] God forgive me.

[23] Sluggard.

[24] The _Adarga_ was a peculiar sort of shield or short buckler used by
the Spaniards in those times. The presentation of the _adarga_ was
equivalent to an offer of peace. It was a practice often resorted to by
the persons entru