Chapter I: Preface: ix

ORIGINAL PREFACE xxi

RODERICK, THE LAST OF THE GOTHS:

I. Roderick and Romano 1

II. Roderick in Solitude 12

III. Adosinda 21

IV. The Monastery of St. Felix 35

V. Roderick and Siverian 46

VI. Roderick in Times past 59

VII. Roderick and Pelayo 67

VIII. Alphonso 74

IX. Florinda 82

X. Roderick and Florinda 87

XI. Count Pedro’s Castle 101

XII. The Vow 108

XIII. Count Eudon 116

XIV. The Rescue 125

XV. Roderick at Cangas 131

XVI. Covadonga 141

XVII. Roderick and Siverian 152

XVIII. The Acclamation 161

XIX. Roderick and Rusilla 173

XX. The Moorish Camp 178

XXI. The Fountain in the Forest 188

XXII. The Moorish Council 204

XXIII. The Vale of Covadonga 212

XXIV. Roderick and Count Julian 222

XXV. Roderick in Battle 232

NOTES 251

As the ample Moon,
In the deep stillness of a summer even
Rising behind a thick and lofty Grove,
Burns like an unconsuming fire of light
In the green trees; and kindling on all sides
Their leafy umbrage, turns the dusky veil
Into a substance glorious as her own,
Yea, with her own incorporated, by power
Capacious and serene: Like power abides
In Man’s celestial Spirit; Virtue thus
Sets forth and magnifies herself: thus feeds
A calm, a beautiful and silent fire,
From the incumbrances of mortal life,
From error, disappointment, ... nay from guilt;
And sometimes, so relenting Justice wills,
From palpable oppressions of Despair.

WORDSWORTH.