The Lay of the Cid

by Unknown

Synopsis: The national epic of Spain, written in the twelfth
century about Rodrigo Diaz of Bivar, conqueror of Valencia, who
only died in 1099 but had already become a legend. Rendered into
vigorous English rhymed couplets of seven iambic feet in 1919.

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Transcription by Holly Ingraham.

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THE LAY OF THE CID

Translated into English Verse

by

R. Selden Rose

and

Leonard Bacon
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