[148] Lindo, p. 62.
[149] Lindo, pp. 156-7.
[150] In the ballads the Moors are almost always represented as chivalric enemies. Even when celebrating their defeats, down to the capture of Granada, there is no contempt manifested and nowhere is to be seen a trace of religious acerbity. Many ballads have Moors as their heroes, as in those which celebrate the deeds of Bravonel and Reduan, and there is nothing to distinguish their treatment from that of Christians. Bravonel and Bernardo del Carpio are represented as companions in arms. When Bernardo is banished by his king he betakes himself forthwith to Granada to participate in a tournament, where
Que hay unas Reales fiestas,
Donde el premio será dado
. . . . . . . . . .
Al que mejor lo ficiere
Sea Moro ó sea Cristiano;
and there he is warmly welcomed by Muza, the most gallant knight of the Saracens.—Romances Antiguos Españoles, I, 65 (Leipzig, 1844).
[151] Villanueva, Viage Literario, XVI, 159.
[152] Dozy, Recherches, II, 203, 233.
[153] Dozy, II, 109, 111.—Edélestand du Meril, Poésies populaires Latines, pp. 312-13.
[154] Chron. Sampiri Asturicens, n. 3, 22, 26 (España Sagrada, XIV, 439, 452, 455).
[155] Chron. Pelagii Ovietens. (España Sagrada, XIV, 468, 472).