Chapter XLIV

So was it, and Minaya went at the break of day. But there behind the Campeador abode with all his band. And waste was all the country, an exceeding barren land. Each day upon my lord the Cid there in that place they spied, The Moors that dwelt on the frontier and outlanders beside. Healed was King Fáriz. With him they held a council there, The folk that dwelt in Teca and the townsmen of Terrér, And the people of Calatayúd, of the three the fairest town. In such wise have they valued it and on parchment set it down That for silver marks three thousand Alcocér the Cid did sell.