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

by George Borrow

[59] On the right bank of the Eo, over against Rivadeo.

[62a] The port of Oviedo.

[62b] See the Glossary, s.v. Copla.

[66] “God bless me!”

[67] I.e. Bascuence, or Vascuence, the Basque language.

[70] Query, Aviles?

[71] Job xxxix. 25: “. . . the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.”

[75] “Good heavens!”

[76] I.e. jacas.

[79a] The cathedral at Oviedo is one of the oldest and most interesting foundations in Spain. The first stone was laid by Alfonso II. in 802; the greater part of the existing edifice is of the fourteenth century.