CONTENTS
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I. WHICH TREATS OF SOME LOVE AFFAIRS WHICH COMMENCED
ALMOST WHEN OTHERS END 1
II. IN WHICH CERTAIN FESTIVITIES ARE DESCRIBED, WHICH
ENDED WITH A BLOW ON A FACE 10
III. IN WHICH THE READER WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO
RODRIGO AND HIS SQUIRE BETWEEN LEON AND VIVAR 16
IV.
IN WHICH THE MAIDEN, IN ADDITION TO HER OWN STORY,
RELATES CERTAIN MATTERS, WHICH WILL ROUSE THE ANGER
OF THOSE WHO READ OF THEM
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V. HOW RODRIGO AND HIS SQUIRE WERE RECEIVED AT VIVAR 29
VI.
HOW FERNAN DESPAIRED OF GETTING WOMEN TO
UNDERSTAND REASON, AND HOW DIEGO LAINEZ HOPED
THAT HIS HONOUR WOULD BE AVENGED
37
VII. HOW RODRIGO FOUGHT WITH THE COUNT OF GORMAZ 42
VIII. HOW XIMENA DEMANDED JUSTICE FROM THE KING AGAINST
RODRIGO DIAZ 49
IX. HOW A MOORISH PRINCESS WAS CONVERTED, AND HOW A
SOLITARY CEASED TO BE SUCH 55
X. HOW MARTIN SET OUT TO AVENGE HIS FATHER 60
XI. HOW THE DE VIVAR FAMILY RECEIVED LETTERS FROM THE
KING, DON FERNANDO 71
XII. THE COMBAT BETWEEN RODRIGO AND MARTIN GONZALEZ 80
XIII. OF AN UNEXPECTED VISIT WHICH XIMENA RECEIVED IN HER
RETREAT 87
XIV. HOW RODRIGO AND XIMENA WERE MARRIED, AND HOW THE
DEVIL TERRIFIED THE PEOPLE OF BURGOS 95
XV. HOW RODRIGO BECAME THE POSSESSOR OF BABIECA, AND
WHAT HAPPENED WHILST HE WAS RIDING HIM 105
XVI. HOW RODRIGO ROUSED UP THE COUNTRY, AND DEFEATED
THE MOORS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF OCA 113
XVII. HOW THE ARMY OF RODRIGO MARCHED BACK TO BURGOS
WITHOUT BEING WEARIED, AS THE READER MAY BE 122
XVIII. HOW THE VENGADOR AND RUI- VENABLOS, ALTHOUGH ONLY
BANDITS, THOUGHT AS CAVALIERS 129
XIX. HOW THE SINGLE PAINT THE LIFE OF THE MARRIED 136
XX. HOW THE COUNT OF CARRION GAINED NOTHING BY
BULLYING 145
XXI. HOW ONE MOOR REMAINED, AND FIVE WENT AWAY 152
XXII. HOW THE BAND OF THE VENGADOR ATTACKED THE CASTLE
OF CARRION[ Pg viii]
161
XXIII. IN WHICH IT IS PROVED THAT COLD AND LOVE ARE NOT
INCOMPATIBLE 170
XXIV.
HOW TWO WOMEN DISCUSSED THE MAKING OF THEIR
FORTUNES―HOW TWO CHILDREN DIVERTED THEMSELVES―
AND HOW TWO MEN PLOTTED TREASON
178
XXV. WHAT HAPPENED TO RODRIGO ON THE ROAD TO
COMPOSTELA 187
XXVI. HOW THE VENGADOR AND RUI- VENABLOS CHANGED THEIR
OPINION REGARDING BELLIDO 198
XXVII. HOW TERESA AND GUILLEN BELIEVED THAT GOD HAD
TOUCHED THE HEART OF DON SUERO 206
XXVIII. HOW THE COUNT OF CABRA SANG A BALLAD FOR THE
COUNT OF CARRION 217
XXIX. HOW THE KING AND RODRIGO, HAVING SAID GOOD PRAYERS,
GAVE GOOD SWORD STROKES 226
XXX. HOW ONE GOOD MAN CAN MAKE A HUNDRED GOOD ALSO 233
XXXI. IN WHICH THE PROVERB, "LET THE MIRACLE BE WROUGHT,
EVEN THOUGH THE DEVIL DOES IT," IS JUSTIFIED 245
XXXII. IN WHICH IT IS PROVED THAT HE WHO SOWS REAPS, AND IN
WHICH IT IS SEEN THAT THEY WHO GIVE RECEIVE 257
XXXIII. IN WHICH WE CONTINUE TO PROVE THAT THE CID WAS A CID
IN EVERY WAY 266
XXXIV. WHICH TREATS OF CAVALIERS FREE WITH THE HAND AND
PEASANTS FREE WITH THE TONGUE 276
XXXV. OF THE SORROWS WHICH THE COWARDLY DON SUERO
CAUSED HIS SISTER 283
XXXVI. THE KING IS DEAD―LONG LIVE THE KING 293
XXXVII. HOW CERTAIN CAVALIERS WENT FOR WOOL AND CAME BACK
SHORN 302
XXXVIII. HOW THE PEASANT OF BARBADILLO WENT TO BURGOS, WITH
OTHER THINGS WHICH THE READER WILL LEARN 310
XXXIX. HOW THE CID AVENGED HIMSELF ON THE COUNT OF CABRA 321
XL. HOW THE COUNT OF CARRION WOUND THE SKEIN AND HOW
OTHERS UNWOUND IT 331
XLI. FROM BURGOS TO VIVAR 337
XLII. FROM VIVAR TO CARRION 344
XLIII. HOW A GOOD CAVALIER WAS CHARGED WITH AN EVIL
MESSAGE 350
XLIV. THE SIEGE OF ZAMORA 357
XLV. IN WHICH IT IS PROVED THAT ONE CAN FIGHT WITHOUT
CONQUERING OR BEING CONQUERED 365
XLVI. THE OATH IN SANTA GADEA 372
XLVII.
IN WHICH THIS BOOK ENDS, PROVING THAT GOD GIVES IN
THIS WORLD, BOTH TO THE GOOD AND TO THE BAD, A
SAMPLE OF THE CLOTH WHICH THEY SHALL WEAR IN THE
OTHER WORLD
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