Assur Gonzalez · was entering at the door, With his ermine mantle · trailing along the floor; With his sauntering pace · and his hardy look, Of manners or of courtesy · little heed he took; He was flushed and hot · with breakfast and with drink. “What ho! my masters, · your spirits seem to sink! Have we no news stirring from the Cid, · Ruy Diaz of Bivar? Has he been to Riodivirna, · to besiege the windmills there? Does he tax the millers for their toll? · or is that practice past? Will he make a match for his daughters, · another like the last?” Munio Gustioz · rose and made reply:-- “Traitor, wilt thou never cease · to slander and to lie? You breakfast before mass, · you drink before you pray; There is no honor in your heart, · nor truth in what you say; You cheat your comrade and your lord, · you flatter to betray; Your hatred I despise, · your friendship I defy! False to all mankind, · and most to God on high, I shall force you to confess · that what I say is true.” Thus was ended the parley · and challenge betwixt these two.[21] [21] Asur Gonzalez entraba · por el palacio; Manto armino è un · Brial rastrando: Bermeio viene, · ca era almorzado. En lo que fabló · avie poco recabdo. “Hya varones, quien · vió nunca tal mal? Quien nos darie nuevas · de Mio Cid, el de Bibar? Fues’ á Riodouirna · los molinos picar, E prender maquilas · como lo suele far’: Quil’ darie con los · de Carrion a casar’?” Esora Muno Gustioz · en pie se levantó: “Cala, alevoso, · malo, è traydor: Antes almuerzas, · que bayas à oracion: A los que das paz, · fartas los aderredor. Non dices verdad · amigo ni à Señor, Falso à todos · è mas al Criador. En tu amistad non · quiero aver racion. Facertelo decir, que · tal eres qual digo yo.” Sanchez. Tom. I., p. 359. This passage, with what precedes and what follows it, may be compared with the challenge in Shakspeare’s “Richard II.,” Act IV. The opening of the lists for the six combatants, in the presence of the king, is another passage of much spirit and effect.