The bastard had the better luck,
Had rank and noble gains;
Archbishop of Toledo he,
And Primate of the Spains....
So, again, the Cid does not appear in the often-quoted romance beginning—
Rey don Sancho, rey don Sancho, no digas que no te aviso.[45]
Nor does he figure in the still more celebrated ballad which records Diego Ordóñez’ challenge to the garrison of Zamora after Sancho’s assassination:—
Ya cabalga Diego Ordóñez, del real se habia salido.[46]
But we may thank Gibson for enabling English readers to form some idea of both. His version of the Ordóñez ballad is by no means unhappy:—
Don Diego Ordóñez rides away