[219] I refer to the ballad in the “Romancero del Cid” beginning “Llego Alvar Fañez a Burgos,” with the letter following it,—“El vasallo desleale.” This trait in the Cid’s character is noticed by Diego Ximenez Ayllon, in his poem on that hero, 1579, where, having spoken of his being treated by the king with harshness,—“Tratado de su Rey con aspereza,”—the poet adds,—
Jamas le dio lugar su virtud alta
Que en su lealtad viniese alguna falta.
Canto I.
[220] On one of the occasions when Bernardo had been most foully and falsely treated by the king, he says,—
Señor, Rey sois, y haredes
A vuestro querer y guisa.
A king you are, and you must do,
In your own way, what pleases you.
And on another similar occasion, another ballad, he says to the king,—