Has he been to Riodivirna, · to besiege the windmills there?
Does he tax the millers for their toll? · or is that practice past?
Will he make a match for his daughters, · another like the last?”
Munio Gustioz · rose and made reply:—
“Traitor, wilt thou never cease · to slander and to lie?
You breakfast before mass, · you drink before you pray;
There is no honor in your heart, · nor truth in what you say;
You cheat your comrade and your lord, · you flatter to betray;
Your hatred I despise, · your friendship I defy!
False to all mankind, · and most to God on high,