Chapter XIII: Of the Expedition against the ancient City of Sylo.-The

unwitting Trespass of the Count into a Convent, and his Compunction thereupon. 363 [Pg xv]CHAPTER XIV. Of the Moorish Host that came up from Cordova, and how the Count repaired to the Hermitage of San Pedro, and prayed for Success against them, and received Assurance of Victory in a Vision.- Battle of Hazinas. 366 CHAPTER XV. The Count imprisoned by the King of Leon.- The Countess concerts his Escape.- Leon and Castile united by the Marriage of the Prince Ordo�o with Urraca, the Daughter of the Count by his first Wife. 373 CHAPTER XVI. Moorish Incursion into Castile.- Battle of San Estevan.- Of Pascual Vivas and the Miracle that befell him.- Death of Ordo�o III. 378 CHAPTER XVII. King Sancho the Fat.- Of the Homage he exacted from Count Fernan Gonzalez, and of the strange Bargain that he made with him for the Purchase of his Horse and Falcon. 385 CHAPTER XVIII. Further of the Horse and Falcon. 389 CHAPTER XIX. The Last Campaign of Count Fernan.- His Death. 393 CHRONICLE OF FERNANDO THE SAINT. CHAPTER I. The Parentage of Fernando.- Queen Berenguela.- The Laras.- Don Alvar conceals the Death of King[Pg xvi] Henry.- Mission of Queen Berenguela to Alfonso IX.- She renounces the Crown of Castile in favor of her son Fernando. 401 CHAPTER II. King Alfonso of Leon ravages Castile.- Captivity of Don Alvar.- Death of the Laras. 408 CHAPTER III. Marriage of King Fernando.- Campaign against the Moors.- Aben Mohamed, King of Baeza, declares himself the Vassal of King Fernando.- They march to Jaen.- Burning of the Tower.- Fernando commences the Building of the Cathedral at Toledo. 415 CHAPTER IV. Assassination of Aben Mohamed.-His Head carried as a Present to Abullale, the Moorish King of Seville.- Advance of the Christians into Andalusia.- Abullale purchases a Truce. 420 CHAPTER V. Aben Hud.- Abullale purchases another Year's Truce.- Fernando hears of the Death of his Father, the King of Leon, while pressing the Siege of Jaen.- He becomes Sovereign of the two Kingdoms of Leon and Castile. 423 CHAPTER VI. Expedition of the Prince Alonzo against the Moors.- Encamps on the Banks of the Guadalete.- Aben Hud marches out from Xerez and gives Battle.- Prowess of Garcia Perez de Vargas.- Fight and Pursuit of the Moors.- Miracle of the Blessed Santiago. 427 [Pg xvii]CHAPTER VII. A bold Attempt upon Cordova, the Seat of Moorish Power. 435 CHAPTER VIII. A Spy in the Christian Camp.- Death of Aben Hud.- A vital Blow to Moslem Power.- Surrender of Cordova to King Fernando. 439 CHAPTER IX. Marriage of King Fernando to the Princess Juana.- Famine at Cordova.- Don Alvar Perez. 446 CHAPTER X. Aben Alhamar, Founder of the Alhambra.- Fortifies Granada and makes it his Capital.- Attempts to Surprise the Castle of Martos.- Peril of the Fortress.- A Woman's Stratagem to save it.- Diego Perez, the Smasher.- Death of Count Alvar Perez de Castro. 450 CHAPTER XI. Aben Hudiel, the Moorish King of Murcia, becomes the Vassal of King Fernando.- Aben Alhamar seeks to drive the Christians out of Andalusia.- Fernando takes the Field against him.- Ravages of the King.- His last Meeting with the Queen-Mother. 456 CHAPTER XII. King Fernando's Expedition to Andalusia.- Siege of Jaen.- Secret Departure of Aben Alhamar for the Christian Camp.- He acknowledges himself the Vassal of the King, who enters Jaen in Triumph. 465 [Pg xviii]CHAPTER XIII. Axataf, King of Seville, exasperated at the Submission of the King of Granada, rejects the Propositions of King Fernando for a Truce.- The latter is encouraged by a Vision to undertake the Conquest of the City of Seville.- Death of Queen Berenguela.- A Diplomatic Marriage. 470 CHAPTER XIV. Investment of Seville.- All Spain aroused to Arms.- Surrender of Alcala del Rio.- The Fleet of Admiral Ramon Bonifaz advances up the Guadalquivir.- Don Pelayo Correa, Master of Santiago.- His Valorous Deeds and the Miracles wrought in his Behalf. 475 CHAPTER XV. King Fernando changes his Camp.- Garci Perez and the seven Moors. 482 CHAPTER XVI. Of the Raft built by the Moors, and how it was boarded by Admiral Bonifaz.- Destruction of the Moorish Fleet.- Succor from Africa. 488 CHAPTER XVII. Of the Stout Prior Ferran Ruyz, and how he rescued his Cattle from the Moors.-Further Enterprises of the Prior, and of the Ambuscade into which he Fell. 492