Muza ben Nozier.—His Entrance into Spain, and Capture of Carmona 223 CHAPTER VIII. Muza marches against the City of Seville 230 CHAPTER IX. Muza besieges the City of Merida 233 CHAPTER X. Expedition of Abdalasis against Seville and the “Land of Tadmir” 245 CHAPTER XI. Muza arrives at Toledo.—Interview between him and Taric 259 CHAPTER XII. Muza prosecutes the Scheme of Conquest.—Siege of Saragossa.—Complete Subjugation of Spain 266 CHAPTER XIII. Feud between the Arab Generals.—They are summoned to appear before the Caliph at Damascus.—Reception of Taric 273 CHAPTER XIV. Muza arrives at Damascus.—His Interview with the Caliph—The Table of Solomon.—A rigorous Sentence 282 CHAPTER XV. Conduct of Abdalasis as Emir of Spain 289 CHAPTER XVI. Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona 296 CHAPTER XVII. Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—Death of Muza 303 LEGEND OF COUNT JULIAN AND HIS FAMILY 313 Note to the preceding Legend 339 THE LEGEND OF DON RODERICK. THE LEGEND OF DON RODERICK.[1] CHAPTER I. OF THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF SPAIN.—OF THE MISRULE OF WITIZA THE WICKED. Spain, or Iberia, as it was called in ancient days, has been a country harassed from the earliest times by the invader. The Celts, the Greeks, the Phœnicians, the Carthaginians, by turns, or simultaneously, infringed its territories; drove the native Iberians from their rightful homes, and established colonies and founded cities in the land. It subsequently fell into the all-grasping power of Rome, remaining for some time a subjugated province; and when that gigantic empire crumbled into pieces, the Suevi, the Alani, and the Vandals, those barbarians of the north, overran and ravaged this devoted country, and portioned out the soil among them.