Alas, poor me!
Short for Sebastiano. Sebastian. A boy’s name meaning Reverend. St. Sebastian, a brave and beautiful young martyr shot all over with arrows, is a favorite saint in Spain and Italy.
Bavieca. (Bah-ve-ā´-ca.)
The name of the Cid’s horse, mentioned in almost every one of the hundred ballads of the Cid.
Benito. (Bā-nee´-to.)
Benedict. A boy’s name meaning Blessed.
Bernardo del Carpio. (Ber-nar´-do del Car´-pe-o.)
A Spanish warrior of the eighth or ninth century. The king long held the father of Bernardo in cruel imprisonment and when at last obliged to restore the captive, had him murdered in his dungeon, mounted the dead body, in full armor, on horseback, and sent that forth to the expectant son, who, in his grief and rage, went over to the Moors. [See page 84].
Blanco. (Blan´-co.)