To which King Alfonso, joining his hands on the Cid’s answers, “Amen.”
But he changed colour.
Then the Cid repeats a second time, “King Don Alfonso, will you further swear you neither counselled nor favoured the murder of the king, your brother, and my master? If you swear falsely, may you die the death of a traitor and a slave.”
Again the king presses his hand and answers, “Amen.”
But he changed colour.
Then came forth twelve vassals who confirmed the king’s word, and the Cid was at last satisfied, and the knights also said, “Amen.” The Cid would have embraced the king, but he turned away, and though he had shown himself invincible, the king banished him (1081).
Then the Cid sent for all his kinsmen and vassals and asked who would follow him, and who remain at home?
“We will all go with you,” answers his cousin, Alvar Fañez, “and be your loyal friends.”
“I thank you,” replies the Cid. “The time will come when I shall reward you tenfold.”