Exilona.- Death of Muza. 208 LEGEND OF COUNT JULIAN AND HIS FAMILY. Legend of Count Julian and his Family. 217 Note to the preceding Legend. 232 THE LEGEND OF PELAYO. CHAPTER I. Obscurity of the Ancient Chronicles.- The Loves of Do�a Lucia and the Duke Favila.- Birth of Pelayo, and what happened thereupon; His Early Fortunes, and his Tutelage under the veteran Count Grafeses. 237 CHAPTER II. What happened to Pelayo at the Court of Witiza. 246 [Pg xii]CHAPTER III. How Pelayo lived among the Mountains of Cantabria.- His Adventure with the Needy Hidalgo of Gascony and the Rich Merchant of Bordeaux.- Discourse of the Holy Hermit. 249 CHAPTER IV. Pilgrimage of Pelayo, and what befell him on his Return to Spain. 261 CHAPTER V. The Battle of Covadonga. 268 CHAPTER VI. Pelayo becomes King of Leon.- His Death. 274 ABDERAHMAN: THE FOUNDER OF THE DYNASTY OF THE OMMIADES OF SPAIN. CHAPTER I. Of the Youthful Fortunes of Abderahman. 279 CHAPTER II. Landing of Abderahman in Spain.- Condition of the Country. 289 CHAPTER III. Triumphs of Abderahman.- The Palm-tree which he planted, and the Verses he composed thereupon.- Insurrections.- His Enemies subdued.-Undisputed Sovereign of the Moslems of Spain.- Begins the famous Mosque in Cordova.- His Death. 293 [Pg xiii]CHRONICLE OF FERNAN GONZALEZ, COUNT OF CASTILE. Introduction. 313 CHAPTER I. Installation of Fernan Gonzalez as Count of Castile.- His First Campaign against the Moors.- Victory of San Quirce.- How the Count disposed of the Spoils. 316 CHAPTER II. Of the Sally from Burgos, and Surprise of the Castle of Lara.-Capitulation of the Town.- Visit to Alfonso the Great, King of Leon. 321 CHAPTER III. Expedition against the Fortress of Mu�on.- Desperate Defense of the Moors.- Enterprise against Castro Xeriz. 326 CHAPTER IV. How the Count of Castile and the King of Leon make a Triumphant Foray into the Moorish Country.- Capture of Salamanca.- Of the Challenge brought by the Herald, and of the Count's Defiance. 329 CHAPTER V. A Night Assault upon the Castle of Carazo.- The Moorish Maiden who betrayed the Garrison. 331 CHAPTER VI. Death of Alfonso, King of Leon.- The Moors determined to strike a fresh Blow at the Count, who [Pg xiv] summons all Castile to his Standard.- Of his Hunt in the Forest while waiting for the Enemy, and of the Hermit that he met with. 335 CHAPTER VII. The Battle of the Ford of Cascajares. 340 CHAPTER VIII. Of the Message sent by the Count to Sancho II., King of Navarre, and the Reply.- Their Encounter in Battle. 343 CHAPTER IX. How the Count of Toulouse makes a Campaign against Castile, and how he returns in his Coffin. 347 CHAPTER X. How the Count went to receive the Hand of a Princess, and was thrown into a Dungeon.- Of the Stranger that visited him in his Chains, and of the Appeal that he made to the Princess for his Deliverance. 351 CHAPTER XI. Of the Meditations of the Princess, and their Result.- Her Flight from the Prison with the Count, and Perils