Note 4 — CABINET OF BIOGRAPHY.
Reading edition
"Through the decree of the fifth council of Toledo, each Gothic king swore, before he was crowned, to extirpate the Jews. Ferdinand and Isabella renewed the nefarious oath, and thus generated the spirit which caused Lope de Vega to recur with satisfaction to the old Gothic law:—
"The sceptre was denied of yore, "Vedando el consilio Toledano, To the elected king, until he sworetomar el cetro al rey sinque primero With his own royal handlimpiase el verdadero To purge the fertile landtrigo con propria mano, Of the vile tares that choke thede la cizana vil que le suprime genuine grain,la Santa Ley en la corona inprime." And write the holy law upon the crown of Spain."
Retrospective Review, vol. III.