Legends of the conquest of SpainTHE LEGEND OF DON RODERICK.Reading editionChapter navigation40 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACE.THE LEGEND OF DON RODERICK.Chapter I · OF THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF SPAIN.—OF THE MISRULE OF WITIZA THE WICKED.Chapter II · THE RISE OF DON RODERICK.—HIS GOVERNMENT.Chapter III · OF THE LOVES OF RODERICK AND THE PRINCESS ELYATA.Chapter IV · OF COUNT JULIAN.Chapter V · THE STORY OF FLORINDA.Chapter VI · DON RODERICK RECEIVES AN EXTRAORDINARY EMBASSY.Chapter VII · STORY OF THE MARVELLOUS AND PORTENTOUS TOWER.Chapter VIII · COUNT JULIAN.—HIS FORTUNES IN AFRICA.—HE HEARS OF THE DISHONOUR OF HIS CHILD.—HIS CONDUCT THEREUPON.Chapter IX · SECRET VISIT OF COUNT JULIAN TO THE ARAB CAMP.—FIRST EXPEDITION OF TARIC EL TUERTO.Chapter X · LETTER OF MUZA TO THE CALIPH.—SECOND EXPEDITION OF TARIC EL TUERTO.Chapter XI · MEASURES OF DON RODERICK ON HEARING OF THE INVASION.—EXPEDITION OF ATAULPHO.—VISION OF TARIC.Chapter XII · BATTLE OF CALPE.—FATE OF ATAULPHO.Chapter XIII · TERROR OF THE COUNTRY.—RODERICK ROUSES HIMSELF TO ARMS.Chapter XIV · MARCH OF THE GOTHIC ARMY.—ENCAMPMENT ON THE BANKS OF THE GUADALETE.—MYSTERIOUS PREDICTIONS OF A PALMER.—CONDUCT OF PELISTES THEREUPON.Chapter XV · SKIRMISHING OF THE ARMIES.—PELISTES AND HIS SON.—PELISTES AND THE BISHOP.Chapter XVI · TRAITOROUS MESSAGE OF COUNT JULIAN.Chapter XVII · LAST DAY OF THE BATTLE.Chapter XVIII · THE FIELD OF BATTLE AFTER THE DEFEAT.—THE FATE OF RODERICK.LEGEND OF THE SUBJUGATION OF SPAIN.Chapter I · CONSTERNATION OF SPAIN.—CONDUCT OF THE CONQUERORS.—MISSIVES BETWEEN TARIC AND MUZA.Chapter II · CAPTURE OF GRANADA.—SUBJUGATION OF THE ALPUXARRA MOUNTAINS.Chapter III · EXPEDITION OF MAGUED AGAINST CORDOVA.—DEFENCE OF THE PATRIOT PELISTES.Chapter IV · DEFENCE OF THE CONVENT OF ST. GEORGE BY PELISTES.Chapter V · MEETING BETWEEN THE PATRIOT PELISTES AND THE TRAITOR JULIAN.Chapter VI · HOW TARIC EL TUERTO CAPTURED THE CITY OF TOLEDO THROUGH THE AID OF THE JEWS, AND HOW HE FOUND THE FAMOUS TALISMANIC TABLE OF SOLOMON.Chapter VII · MUZA BEN NOZIER.—HIS ENTRANCE INTO SPAIN, AND CAPTURE OF CARMONA.Chapter VIII · MUZA MARCHES AGAINST THE CITY OF SEVILLE.Chapter IX · MUZA BESIEGES THE CITY OF MERIDA.Chapter X · EXPEDITION OF ABDALASIS AGAINST SEVILLE AND THE “LAND OF TADMIR.”Chapter XI · MUZA ARRIVES AT TOLEDO.—INTERVIEW BETWEEN HIM AND TARIC.Chapter XII · MUZA PROSECUTES THE SCHEME OF CONQUEST.—SIEGE OF SARAGOSSA.—COMPLETE SUBJUGATION OF SPAIN.Chapter XIII · FEUD BETWEEN THE ARAB GENERALS.—THEY ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE CALIPH AT DAMASCUS.—RECEPTION OF TARIC.Chapter XIV · MUZA ARRIVES AT DAMASCUS.—HIS INTERVIEW WITH THE CALIPH.—THE TABLE OF SOLOMON.—A RIGOROUS SENTENCE.Chapter XV · CONDUCT OF ABDALASIS AS EMIR OF SPAIN.Chapter XVI · LOVES OF ABDALASIS AND EXILONA.Chapter XVII · FATE OF ABDALASIS AND EXILONA.—DEATH OF MUZA.LEGEND OF COUNT JULIAN AND HIS FAMILY.Previous chapter ←PREFACE.Next chapter →Chapter I · OF THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF SPAIN.—OF THE MISRULE OF WITIZA THE WICKED.All chapters and sections (40)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFACE.THE LEGEND OF DON RODERICK.Chapters123456789101112131415161718Other sectionsLEGEND OF THE SUBJUGATION OF SPAIN.Chapters1234567891011121314151617Other sectionsLEGEND OF COUNT JULIAN AND HIS FAMILY.THE LEGEND OF DON RODERICK.[1]Notes in this chapterNote 1 · Many of the facts in this legend are taken from an old chronicle, written in quaint and antiquated Spanish, and professing to be a translati← PREFACE.CHAPTER I. OF THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF SPAIN.—OF THE MISRULE OF WITIZA THE WICKED. →