[237] Bivar, the supposed birthplace of the Cid, was a castle, about two leagues from Burgos.
“Tornaba la cabeza, e estabalos catando:
Vio puertas abiertas, e uzos sin cañados,
Alcandaras vacias, sin pielles e sin mantos:
E sin falcones, e sin adtores mudados.
Sospirò mio Cid.” Poem of the Cid.
THE CID’S DEATHBED.
It was an hour of grief and fear
Within Valencia’s walls,