Chapter XX: French

Par les Contrées du grand flevue _Betique_,
Loin d’_Ibere_, au Royaume de _Grenade_,
Croix repoussées par gens Mahometiques,
Un de _Cordube_ trahira a la fin Contrade.

English.

Through the Countreys of the great River _Betis_,
Far from _Iberia_, in the Kingdom of _Granada_,
Crosses beaten back by Mahometan people,
One of _Corduba_ shall at last betray the Countrey.

ANNOT.

The great River, called in Latine _Betis_, and in Spanish _Guadalquivir_, is the River of _Sevilia_, the most famous Town in _Spain_ for Trade. This River runneth through most of the _Spanish_ Dominions, and dischargeth it self into the Ocean about the mouth of the Straights, over against _Barbary_, upon which Coast of _Spain_ lyeth the Kingdom of _Granada_, the chief City of which is _Corduba_, in _Spanish Cordua_. This Kingdom was of time almost immemorial, occupied and inhabited by the _Moores_, till they were expelled and driven back into _Barbary_, by _Ferdinand_ and _Isabella_, King and Queen of _Castilia_. The rest is easie.