VII. Ruddy shall be the leather, well gilded every nail. In my behalf do thou hasten to Vidas and Raquél. Since in Burgos they forbade me aught to purchase, and the King Withdraws his favor, unto them my goods I cannot bring. They are heavy, and I must pawn them for whatso'er is right. That Christians may not see it, let them come for them by night. May the Creator judge it and of all the Saints the choir. I can no more, and I do it against my own desire." VIII. Martin stayed not. Through Burgos he hastened forth, and came To the Castle. Vidas and Raquél, he demanded them by name. IX. Raquél and Vidas sate to count their goods and profits through, When up came Antolínez, the prudent man and true. "How now Raquél and Vidas, am I dear unto your heart, I would speak close." They tarried not. All three they went apart. "Give me, Raquél and Vidas, your hands for promise sure That you will not betray me to Christian or to Moor. I shall make you rich forever. You shall ne'er be needy more. When to gather in the taxes went forth the Campeador, Many rich goods he garnered, but he only kept the best. Therefore this accusation against him was addressed. And now two mighty coffers full of pure gold hath he. Why he lost the King's favor a man may lightly see. He has left his halls and houses, his meadow and his field, And the chests he cannot bring you lest he should stand revealed. The Campeador those coffers will deliver to your trust. And do you lend unto him whatsoever may be just. Do you take the chests and keep them, but swear a great oath here That you will not look within them for the space of all this year." The two took counsel: "Something to our profit must inure In all barter. He gained something in the country of the Moor When he marched there, for many goods he brought with him away. But he sleeps not unsuspected, who brings coined gold to pay. Let the two of us together take now the coffers twain. In some place let us put them where unseen they shall remain. "What the lord Cid demandeth, we prithee let us hear, And what will be our usury for the space of all this year?" Said Martin Antolínez like a prudent man and true: "Whatever you deem right and just the Cid desires of you. He will ask little since his goods are left in a safe place. But needy men on all sides beseech the Cid for grace. For six hundred marks of money, the Cid is sore bested." "We shall give them to him gladly," Raquél and Vidas said. "'Tis night. The Cid is sorely pressed. So give the marks to us. Answered Raquél and Vidas: "Men do not traffic thus. But first they take their surety and thereafter give the fee." Said Martin Antolínez: "So be it as for me. Come ye to the great Campeador for 'tis but just and fair That we should help you with the chests, and put them in your care, So that neither Moor nor Christian thereof shall hear the tale."