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

[131] “The city prison.” La Corte is the capital, as well as the court.

[133] “My master! the constables, and the catchpolls, and all the other thieves . . . ”

[134a] See the Glossary, s.v. Jargon.

[134b] “He is very skilful.”

[136] “Are there no more?”

[141] More like the French Juge d’Instruction.

[143a] “Come along, Sir George; to your house, to your lodgings!”

[143b] Acts xvi. 37.

[146] People of renown.

[147a] “Mashes” and mistresses. Majo is a word of more general signification than manolo. The one is a dandy, or smart fellow, all over Spain; the other is used only of a certain class in Madrid.