[9] Rasis el Moro, Spain, MS. Bib. Pro.--Toledo.
[10] Abou-l-Hasan: Dozy, _Recherches sur l'histoire et la littérature d'Espagna_.
[11] "Histoire de Philippe II." by H. Fornaron.
[12] The Archbishop of Zamora, Antonio de Acuña, a fierce _comunero_, commanded in the absence of Padilla, and was mighty profane in his method of war for an archbishop. After leading his troops against the King's Castle of Aguila, he resolutely stormed the Cathedral gates and maltreated the resident canons. The insurgents held the cloisters and prevented the celebration of any church office during their stay. The unfortunate chapter was kept for three entire days and nights from sleeping or eating. What an incredible scandal in hieratic Toledo!
[13] Complaining at the Hotel Castilla to a Spanish painter of my daily persecution at the hands of the beggars of Toledo, I threatened to visit the Governor and make my plaint. The artist, something of a humorist, gravely said, "His Excellency the Governor will listen to you with all courtesy and attention, and when you have finished, he will hold out his hand with a graceful gesture, and say: _Da mi una limosna tambien_ (Give me also alms).
[15] MS. correspondence of Lope de Vega in possession of Señor Menendez y Pelayo.
[16] Street's visit to Toledo was unfortunately hurried, or he would have been forced to change many of his views. Had he seen the cathedral from Nuestra Señora de la Valle, considerably above the bridge of San Martin, he would have found it prominent.
[17] _De Toletano Hebraeorum Templo_, MS. Bib. Pro. Toledo.
[18] MS. correspondence of Lope de Vega, in possession of Señor Menendez y Pelayo.
[19] MS. _De Toletano Hebraeorum Templo_, Bib. Provincial, Toledo.
Galiana of Toledo Most beautiful and marvellous! The Moor the most celebrated Of all the Moorish race. Mouth of rosy pinks, High bosom that palpitates, Ivory forehead adorned with The flaming gold of Tyre.
[21] Wamba, Gothic King, restored the walls of this city, and offered them in Latin verses to God and the saints, its patrons; the Moors effaced them and placed instead blasphemies and errors in Arabian letters. King Philip II., in religious zeal and to preserve the memory of the departed Kings, ordered Gutierrez Tello, city magistrate, to efface them and place, along with the patron saints, the verses of King Wamba.