[17] [Some writers, among whom are the respectable names of Flórez[cc] and Cardinal Lorenzana,[dd] fix the death of Ergica in 700. Mariana[q] and Masdeu,[r] with better reason, give 701. The difference wholly rests on the Interpretation of the Roman numerals in the Visigothic chronicle of Wulsa,[ee] No. 34.]
[18] [Burke[j] notes that in Arabic La Caba or La Cava would suggest a woman of evil life.]
CHAPTER II. THE TIME OF MOSLEM DOMINATION
[711-1214 A.D.]
“They come! they come! I see the groaning land
White with the turbans of each Arab horde:
Swart Zara joins her misbelieving band,
Allah and Mahomet their battle word,