PAGE Lazarillo begging _Frontispiece_ Lazarillo helps at the Inn 9 “He answered that he received me, not as his servant but as his son” 13 Tailpiece 29 “‘It is the rats,’ he declared” 39 Tailpiece 46 “I followed him over a great part of the city” 49 “What there was we spread out” 57 “Gave me a piece of a cow’s foot and several pieces of boiled tripe” 63 “They returned in the afternoon” 79 “The news soon spread to the neighbouring villages” 93 Tailpiece 96 “But evil tongues are never wanting” 101 _Sketch Map of Route at end of Volume._ INTRODUCTORY THE FAMILY OF MENDOZA [Sidenote: Descent of the author of _Lazarillo de Tormes_.] The author of _Lazarillo de Tormes_ was a scion of one of the noblest families of Spain, and some account of it should precede a notice of the author’s life.[1] [1] Doubt has been thrown on the authorship, but without sufficient reason. See Antonio, _Bib. Nov._ i. 291. Don Diego Lopez, Lord of Mendoza, in 1170 married Doña Eleanor Hurtado, heiress of Mendibil. She was the daughter of Fernan Perez de Lara called Hurtado, son of Pedro Gonzalez de Lara and of the Queen Urraca of Castille and Leon. Don Lopez and Eleanor Hurtado had four sons: Inigo, Lord of Mendoza; Diego, Lord of Mendibil; Pedro Diaz, who was ancestor of the Mendozas of Seville; and Fernando, who founded the line in Portugal. Inigo Lopez de Mendoza married Maria de Haro, and was father of Maria, the wife of her first cousin, Juan de Mendoza, son of her uncle Diego. Their son, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, in the time of Fernando II., married Maria Gonzalez de Aguero, and had a son Gonzalo. This Gonzalo Hurtado de Mendoza married Juana Fernandez de Orozco, and was the father of a very distinguished son--of Pedro Gonzalez. [Sidenote: A Mendoza saved the life of King Juan I. of Castille.] Pedro Gonzalez Hurtado de Mendoza married Aldonza, daughter of Fernan Perez de Ayala. He was with Juan I., of Castille, at the battle of Aljubarrota. In the flight the King’s horse was killed. Mendoza dismounted and said to the King:-- El cavallo vos han muerto,[2] Subid Rey en mi cavallo. [2] They have killed the horse of thine, Save _thy_ life and mount on mine. The King rode away. Mendoza was overtaken and slain. The date of the battle was August 14, 1385. His father survived him, dying in 1405.