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    Ferdinand and Isabella, stopped on the hill of Padul to take a last look of his city and palace. Overcome by the sight, he burst into tears, and was thus reproached by his mother, the Sultaness Ayxa: "Thou dost well to weep, like a woman, over the loss of that kingdom which thou knewest not how to defend and die for, like a man."


    Note 36, page 58, line 19.
    Th' avenger's task is closed.

    "El rey mandò, que si quedavan Zegris, que no viviessen en Granada, por la maldad que hizieron contra los Abencerrages."—Guerras Civiles de Granada.


    Note 37, page 59, line 11.
    Midst the wild Alpuxarras.

    "The Alpuxarras are so lofty, that the coast of Barbary, and the cities of Tangier and Ceuta, are discovered from their summits; they are about seventeen leagues in length, from Veles Malaga to Almeria, and eleven in breadth, and abound with fruit-trees of great beauty and prodigious size. In these mountains the wretched remains of the Moors took refuge."—Bourgoanne's Travels in Spain.


    Note 38, page 65, line 8.
    Were but too blest if aught remain'd to fear.

    "Plût à Dieu que je craignisse!"—Andromaque.


    Note 39, page 66, line 6.
    Rival the tints that float o'er summer skies.

    Mrs. Radcliffe, in her journey along the banks of the Rhine, thus describes the colours of granite rocks in the mountains of