“’Tis said Bernardo with resistless lance
At Roncesvalles Roland’s prowess crushed,
When Carlomain for this same haughty France
Claimed Leon’s crown, and down Pyrene rushed.
There Roland’s blood with many a Peer’s, too, gushed!
’Tis said that more than this e’en Spaniards did,
When bold Ruy Diaz on Bavieca, flushed
With victory, led the Oca hills amid
Five Moorish Kings who long paid tribute to the Cid!
XIII.