Chapter XVII

A mighty feast they had prepared for the Great Campeador The bells within San Pedro they clamor and they peal. That my lord the Cid is banished men cry throughout Castile. And some have left their houses, from their lands some fled away. Of knights an hundred and fifteen were seen upon that day, By the bridge across the Arlanzon together they came o'er. One and all were they calling on the Cid Campeador. And Martin Antolínez has joined him with their power. They sought him in San Pedro, who was born in a good hour.