azul y blanca, todos llenos de ricos texidos de plata, las plumas de la misma color; en sus adargas, su acostumbrada divisa, salvages que desquixalavan leones, y otros un mundo que lo desbazia un selvage con un baston."—Guerras Civiles de Granada.
Note 12, page 31, line 18.
Th' eternal snow that crowns Veleta's head.
The loftiest heights of the Sierra Nevada are those called Mulhacen and Picacho de Veleta.
Note 13, page 32, line 6.
The wounded sought a shelter,—and expired.
It is known to be a frequent circumstance in battle, that the dying and the wounded drag themselves, as it were mechanically, to the shelter which may be afforded by any bush or thicket on the field.
Note 14, page 43, line 3.
Severely beauteous.
"Severe in youthful beauty."—Milton.
Note 15, page 44, line 21.
While streams that bear thee treasures in their wave.
Granada stands upon two hills, separated by the Darro. The Genil runs under the walls. The Darro is said to carry with its stream small particles of gold, and the Genil, of silver. When Charles V. came to Granada with the Empress Isabella, the city presented him with a crown made of gold, which had
