Drawn from Philosophy’s pure well,
As onward you may see.
The oldest notice of the Jew of Carrion is in the letter of the Marquis of Santillana to the Constable of Portugal, from which there can be no doubt that the Rabbi still enjoyed much reputation in the middle of the fifteenth century.
Por nascer en el espino,
No val la rosa cierto
Menos; ni el buen vino,
Por nascer en el sarmyento.
Non val el açor menos,
Por nascer de mal nido;