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 of the Escape.- The Nuptials. 355 CHAPTER XII. King Garcia confined in Burgos by the Count.- The Princess intercedes for his Release. 361