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I then called on Don Conrado Palacios, who lived directly opposite our little tavern, and who claimed that he recognized me the moment I dismounted from our cart this morning. He is still photographer, but for three years of the time since last we met has been living in the State of Vera Cruz, and but lately returned to Tuxtla.
He demanded a complete surrender of the place, with all the arms in the possession either of the citizens or of others who had recently taken refuge within its walls. If the inhabitants should comply with this summons, he promised them the indulgent terms granted to Baza, Guadix, and Almeria; if they should refuse, he threatened them with the fate of Malaga.* * Cura de los Palacios, cap. 96.
His account of the natural productions of the New World, and of the customs of its inhabitants, is full of curious particulars; and the best narratives of some of the minor voyages which succeeded those of Columbus are to be found in the unpublished part of his work. No. Cura de Los Palacios.
DOÑA MATILDE. Se gloriarían entonces de llamarse tales, más que si me vieran habitando en palacios de cristal. DON EDUARDO. O, lo que es lo mismo, en casa de un vidriero. DOÑA MATILDE. Ya, si no crees tampoco en aquellas amistades que se engendran en la edad preciosa.... DON EDUARDO. En que no se sabe todavía lo que se quiere. DOÑA MATILDE. ¡Qué terrible estás, Eduardo!
He also embraced his daughter the princess, and, making the sign of the cross, he blessed her and kissed her on the lips.* * Cura de los Palacios. The good Agapida seems scarcely to have been more struck with the appearance of the sovereigns than with that of the English earl.
* Cura de los Palacios, Hist. de los Reyes Catol., cap. 56. It is to be noted that several historians have erroneously represented Zoraya as the mother of Boabdil, instead of Ayxa la Horra, and the Abencerrages as the opponents of Boabdil, instead of his strenuous adherents. The statement in the text is according to the most reliable authorities.
Maceo now separated his forces from Gomez's command, and marched westward, fighting as he went, and everywhere meeting with success. He established the new government in the cities and towns of Mantua, San Cristobal, Remates, Palacios, Paso Real de San Diego, Guane, Consolacion del Sur, Pilotos, Alonso de Rojas, San Luis, San Juan y Martinez, and others of less importance.
He defeated their alcaydes, destroyed several of their fortresses, burnt their villages, and, leaving the country behind him reeking and smoking with his vengeance, returned with considerable booty to repose himself within the walls of the Alhambra.* * Pulgar, Cron., p. 3, c.131; Cura de los Palacios, cap. 97.
His actions in this war had become the theme of every tongue, and many hesitated not to compare him in prowess with the immortal Cid.* * Cura de los Palacios. Thus gallantly attended, the queen entered the vanquished frontier of Granada, journeying securely along the pleasant banks of the Xenil, so lately subject to the scourings of the Moors.
He died at his palace in the city of Seville on the 27th day of August, 1492, but a few months after the surrender of Granada, and of an illness caused by exposures and fatigues undergone in this memorable war. That honest chronicler, Andres Bernaldez, the curate of Los Palacios, who was a contemporary of the marques, draws his portrait from actual knowledge and observation.
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