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Rh by an old woman who had witnessed his killing a man he had met in a night rencontre in the street opposite her house, and she having given evidence to that effect, he ordered his statue to be beheaded, and so placed in the street in memorial of the sentence against himself. 42. Page.

The two brothers of Fadrique, of whom Henry was his successor on the throne, after he had killed Don Pedro in fight by his own hand. In another romance, the Duke de Rivas describes this "fratricide," and represents that Don Pedro had the advantage at first, but that the page of the other came to his master's assistance, and attacking Don Pedro from behind, diverted his attention so as to enable him to give the King the death- wound. From the accounts handed down to us, it is clear that Don Pedro had sufficient grounds for suspecting treason from the brothers, which occasioned his animosity against them and their adherents, for which they afterwards blackened his memory. 43. Page. "Meagre soup bouillie."

In the original, Gazpacho, "the name of a dish universal in and peculiar to Spain. It is a sort of cold soup, made of bread, potherbs, oil and water. Its materials are easily come by, and its concoction requires no skill." Mr. W. G. Clark has taken this name for the title of his lively 'Sketches of Spain,' London 1850. 44. Page. "Whene'er Don Juan," &c.

Siempre que tiene una broma
 * El señor don Juan me olvida

Como si estuviera en Roma;
 * Y à un entierro me convida

Para matarme de pena!
 * Sea enhorabuena.