The Bible in Spain, Vol. 1 [of 2] / Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula

by George Borrow

[269b] “Good luck to thee, Antonio!”

[271] Mr. Southern.

[274a] Romany chal = gypsy lad.

[274b] “Good horse! gypsy horse!
Let me ride thee now.”

[277a] Céad mile fáille! Pronounce Kaydh meela faulthia.

[277b] Estremeño, a native of the province of Estremadura.

[279] See note on p. 193.

[280a] The Colegio de Nobles Irlandeses, founded in 1792 by Philip II., is at present housed in a building of the earliest and best period of the Spanish cinquecento, founded in 1521 by Archbishop Fonseca as the Colegio Mayor del Apostol Santiago. It was built by Pedro de Ibarra.

[280b] As is recorded in the second chapter of Gil Blas.

[282] I.e. el cura, the parish priest; Fr. curé. Our “curate” is rather el vicario; Fr. vicaire.