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... received , . CHAPTER XII . Foray of Spanish cavaliers among the mountains of Malaga , CHAPTER XIII . Effects of the disasters among the mountains of Malaga , CHAPTER XIV . How King Boabdil el Chico marched over the border , CHAPTER XV ...
... received , . CHAPTER XII . Foray of Spanish cavaliers among the mountains of Malaga , CHAPTER XIII . Effects of the disasters among the mountains of Malaga , CHAPTER XIV . How King Boabdil el Chico marched over the border , CHAPTER XV ...
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... received ; and of the doughty achievements of the English Earl ,. • 238 Conclusion of the siege of Loxa , Capture of Illora , . CHAPTER XL . CHAPTER XLI . CHAPTER XLII . Of the arrival of Queen Isabella at the camp before Moclin ; and ...
... received ; and of the doughty achievements of the English Earl ,. • 238 Conclusion of the siege of Loxa , Capture of Illora , . CHAPTER XL . CHAPTER XLI . CHAPTER XLII . Of the arrival of Queen Isabella at the camp before Moclin ; and ...
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... received by El Zagal , CHAPTER LXIX . How the Moors made various enterprises against the Christians , CHAPTER LXX . How King Ferdinand prepared to besiege the city of Baza , and how the city prepared for defence , CHAPTER LXXI . The ...
... received by El Zagal , CHAPTER LXIX . How the Moors made various enterprises against the Christians , CHAPTER LXX . How King Ferdinand prepared to besiege the city of Baza , and how the city prepared for defence , CHAPTER LXXI . The ...
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... received by the Christians from the Moors , to recover the kingdom of Granada , and to extend the name and honor of the Christian religion . Estevan de Garibay , one of the most distinguished Spanish historians , regards the war as a ...
... received by the Christians from the Moors , to recover the kingdom of Granada , and to extend the name and honor of the Christian religion . Estevan de Garibay , one of the most distinguished Spanish historians , regards the war as a ...
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... received a strangely perverted idea of it through Florian's romance of Gonsalvo of Cordova , or through the legend , equally fabulous , entitled " The Civil Wars of Granada , " by Ginez Perez de la Hita ; the pretended work of an ...
... received a strangely perverted idea of it through Florian's romance of Gonsalvo of Cordova , or through the legend , equally fabulous , entitled " The Civil Wars of Granada , " by Ginez Perez de la Hita ; the pretended work of an ...
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alcayde Alcazaba alfaquis Alhama Alhambra Alonzo de Aguilar Andalusia arms army artillery attack Ballymahon banner battle battlements Baza beheld Boabdil Boabdil el Chico brother captives Castilian Castilian sovereigns castle cavaliers CHAPTER chivalry Christian Christian camp Cid Hiaya commanders Cordova count de Cabra Cura defence Don Alonzo Dordux duke el Chico El Zagal encampment enemy faith fight fire foot force fortress Fray Antonio Agapida friends frontier garrison gates gave Gibralfaro Goldsmith Gomeres Granada Guadix guard Hamet el Zegri hand heart height holy horse Illora infidels inhabitants Isabella Jaen Johnson king Ferdinand kingdom kingdom of Granada lance los Palacios Loxa marques of Cadiz monarch Moorish Moors mountains Muley Abul Hassan night noble Palacios passed peril Pulgar queen received retreat Ronda royal sallied sent siege soldiers Spanish spirit steed surrender sword tion towers town troops valiant valley valor vega Velez Malaga walls warriors wounded Xenel Zagal Zahara
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