[8] Know him by his deeds.
[9] The game of the Ring.
[10] The _Chirimia_ was a musical instrument made of wood, resemblingsomewhat a wooden flageolet, though much longer: it contained ten holes;the wind pipe was thin, and made of reed. _Praecentoria tuba, fistulamusica._ The _Dulzaina_ was an instrument like the _Chirimia_, only upona smaller scale, and capable of producing sounds more acute andsharp.--_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 bythe Spaniards in those times. The presentation of the _adarga_ wasequivalent to an offer of peace. It was a practice often resorted to bythe persons entrusted with a mission to the enemy.
[25] Thieves.
[26] A _Maravedi_ was a coin of such diminutive value as to answer tothe one-third of an English farthing.
[27] The square.
[28] The Persians, and even the Turks, when speaking of a brave man,generally compare him to a lion;--their poetry is full of this simile,and there is nothing more common than to hear them say _aslan_, lion, or_caplan_, tiger.
[29] The brave man who protects the helpless is a Lion.
[30] New Square.
[31] At the period in which my Romance takes place, the revival of theart of painting was in its infancy. I am aware, therefore, that somescrupulous folks will be apt to find fault with me for having introduceda gallery of pictures with the same confidence as if I were writing anovel of the present day. Yet this seeming anachronism does not exist.The Moors, though they certainly could not boast of a Rafael or aTitian, had exercised themselves in the art, and, according to someauthorities, even excelled in portrait painting. I do not intend tomaintain that either the Moorish or Christian artists of the period hadarrived at any eminence: for my purpose, it is enough that they _did_exist at the time: let imagination do the rest.
[32] Our lady protect us.
[33] In those times, when war was the only meritorious occupation of the_gentle_ blood, the Jews, though despised and persecuted, were in somerespects men of great consequence in a state. They were not only, as inthe present day, the most expert and assiduous in money transactions,but cultivated the science of medicine with much success; when no othercareer was deemed compatible with honor and glory but the profession ofarms or the church.
[34] Samaritan--term of reproach.
[35] God defend us.
[36] God bless me.
[37] Satan.
[38] Old Christian.
[39] Accursed.
[40] A kind of ruffle or frill, worn formerly round the neck--a collar.
[41] The Hill of the Martyrs.
[42] On the hill of the Martyrs, so called from the supposed crueltiesthat the Moors had exercised against the Christian prisoners who fellinto their hands, Queen Isabella caused a chapel to be erected, whichbecame the object of many a pious pilgrimage.
[43] May she rest in peace.
[44] A devotee.
[45] History describes Don Alonso de Aguilar as one of the most valiantand renowned amongst the celebrated warriors of that period. His deathhas been the subject of many and some very good ballads or romances, butit is better known and appreciated among the reading portion of theSpaniards by the description given by Hurtado de Mendoza in his workentitled, "_Guerra de Granada_." It is a masterly composition. Indeedthe whole work passes amongst the _literati_ as the most elegant andclassic piece of Spanish history.
[46] The seven Sleepers.
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