[36] Velilla. A small town on the Ebro below Saragossa, so-called from the alarm bell of its church, San Nicolas, which was said to toll of its own accord whenever a great calamity was to befall Aragon. It was cast by the Goths who, according to tradition, threw into the fused metal one of the thirty pieces of silver received by Judas.
[37] lo, i.e. religiosa.
[38] del mismo altar, of the altar itself.
[39] entre, subjunctive after a verb of commanding.
[40] la voy a perder, I am going to lose her.
[41] Hoy mismo, this very day.
[42] entrar a saco, to sack.
[43] Castellar, a castle situated about 10 miles west of Saragossa.
[44] Debe de haber, there must be. Cf. hay, "there is."
[45] puerta del Sol, a square in the eastern part of Saragossa.