The next day in the morning, when at last the sun outshone, Then did Jerome the Bishop his matin song intone. And when from mass they issued, all gathered in one place, And the King did not tarry but began his speech apace: "Hear me now, counts and nobles, and all my henchmen leal-- Unto my lord Cid Campeador I needst must make appeal. God grant unto his profit that the thing may prove to be. Dame Sol and Dame Elvíra, I ask their hands of thee, That thou wilt in marriage give them to the Heirs of Carrión twain. To me the match seems noble, and thereon there hangs much gain. They ask them of thee. To that end I add my own command. On my side and thine as many as round about us stand, My henchmen and thy henchmen, let them therefor intercede. Give them to us my lord the Cid. So God thee help and speed." Said the Cid: "My girls to marry are hardly yet in state, For their days are not many, nor are their ages great. As for the Heirs of Carrión, much fame of them men say; They suit well with my daughters, and for better e'en than they. 'Twas I begot my daughters, but thou didst rear the twain. They and I for that bounty yet in thy debt remain. Dame Sol and Dame Elvíra, unto thee do I present, To whom thou wilt then give them and I will be content." Said the King: "My thanks unto thee and to all the court I own." Upon their feet got swiftly the Heirs of Carrión; Of him who in good hour was born, lightly they kissed the hands. Before the King Alfonso they made exchange of brands. Out spake the King Alfonso like a man of gentle race: "My thanks, so noble art thou, but first to God for grace That for the Heirs of Carrión thou givest thy daughters twain. Dame Sol and Dame Elvíra, in hand I have them ta'en. To Carrión's Heirs as consorts those ladies I award. I give away thy daughters as brides with thine accord, May it please God that thou therewith in full content mayest rest. Behold, the heirs of Carrión that wait on thy behest. Let them go with thee, prithee, for I from hence must wend. Three hundred marks of silver I give them to this end, To spend upon the marriage or what else pleaseth thee, Since within high Valencia in thy wardship they will be. The sons and the daughters shall thy children be all four; Whate'er shall be thy pleasure, do with them, Campeador."