Note 1540 — ACTO SEGUNDO
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1543. Durandartes. In Spanish ballads Durandarte is the name of one of the twelve peers who fought with Roland at Roncesvalles. In the Romancero General the adventures and death of the knight are narrated. Steadfast to death in his affections for his beloved Belerma, he gives utterance to his lamentations in the famous old ballad beginning with the following lines: