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The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2)

Note 14 — Chapter XXXVI

John Ingram Lockhart translation

Cata Francia, Montesinos, &c. This is the first strophe of an old Spanish romance, in which Montesinos the father desires his son to revenge him of his mortal enemy Tomillas:

"Montesinos cast a glance On your lands, the soil of France; See how the Duro's sportive motion Carries its waters to the ocean!" (p. 83.)>

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