CXXVII. This same Avengalvón the Moor, a gallant man was he He got straightway on horseback with servitors ten score. He brandished high his weapons, he came the Heirs before. And the two Heirs with what he said but little pleased they are: "If for his sake I forebore not, my lord Cid of Bivár, I would do such deeds upon you as through all the world should ring,
And then to the true Campeador his daughters would I bring. And unto Carrión never should you enter from that day.
CXXVIII. What I have done against you, ho! Heirs of Carrión, say, For without guile I served you, and lo, my death ye plot. For wicked men and traitors I will leave you on the spot. Dame Sol and Dame Elvíra with your good leave I go; For of these men of Carrión I rate the fame but low. God will it and command it, who is Lord of all the Earth. That the Campeador hereafter of this match have joy and mirth." That thing the Moor has told them, and back he turned him there. When he crossed over thee Jalón, weapon he waved in air. He returned unto Molína like a man of prudent heart.
And now from Ansaréra did Carrión's Heirs depart; And they began thereafter to travel day and night. And they let Atiénza on the left, a craggy height. The forest of Miédes, now have they overpassed, And on through Montes Claros they pricked forward spurring fast. And then passed Griza on the left that Alamos did found. There be the caves where Elpha he imprisoned underground. And they left San Estévan, on their right that lay afar. Within the woods of Corpes, the Heirs of Carrión are. And high the hills are wooded, to the clouds the branches sweep, And savage are the creatures that roundabout them creep; And there upon a bower with a clear spring they light And there the Heirs of Carrión bade that their tent be pight. There with their men about them, that night they lay at rest. With their wives clasped to their bosom their affection they protest, But ill the twain fulfilled it, when the dawn came up the East. They bade put goods a plenty on the back of every beast. Where they at night found lodging, now have they struck the tent. The people of their household far on before them went. Of the two Heirs of Carrión so the commandment ran, That none behind should linger, a woman or a man. But Dame Sol and Dame Elvíra their wives shall tarry still, With whom it is their pleasure to dally to their fill.