80-6: Valencia: a large seaport of eastern Spain. Its richly colored paving tiles are its most famous specialty.
80-7: de más de vara en cuadro: more than a yard square.
80-8: so pena: in this and a few other expressions the antiquated preposition so (= bajo, under) still survives.
80-9: hay que excavar: cf. note lo que hay que hacer, p. 12, 4.
80-10: dice hubo trampa: says (that) there was some trickery. The conjunction que is occasionally omitted after decir.