Charles Morris
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It afterwards became the prize of a king of Spain, perhaps in the way stated above.
Thus, fancy has adorned the rich and beautiful work of art which Don Rodrigue is said to have found in the Enchanted Palace, and which he placed as the noblest of the treasures of Spain in the splendid church of Toledo, the Gothic capital.
This city fell into the hands of Tariq Eltuerto in his conquering progress through the realm of Spain, and the emerald table, whose fame had reached the shores of Africa, was sought by him far and near.
It had disappeared from the church, perhaps carried off by the bishop in his flight.
But fast as the fugitives fled, faster rode the Arab horsemen on their track.
One swift troop riding to Medina Sale on the high road to Saragosa.
On this route they came to a city named by them Medinatu I Maida, city of the table.
in which they found the famous talisman.
They brought it to Tariq as one of the choicest spoils of Spain.
Its later history is as curious and much more authentic than its earlier.
Tariq, as we have told in the previous tale, had been sent to Andalusia by Musa, the caliph's viceroy in Africa.
Simply that he might gain a footing in the land, whose conquest Musa reserved for himself.
But the impetuous Tariq was not to be restrained.
No sooner was Rodrigue slain and his army dispersed, than the Arab cavaliers spread far and wide through Spain, city after city falling into their hands, until it seemed as if nothing would be left for Musa to conquer.
This state of affairs was far from agreeable to the jealous and ambitious viceroy.
He sent messengers to the caliph at Damascus, in which he claimed the conquest of Spain as his own.
and barely mentioned the name of the real conqueror.
He severely blamed Tariq for presuming to conquer a kingdom without direct orders, and gathering an army he crossed to Spain, that he might rightfully claim a share in the glory of the conquest.
Tariq was not ignorant of what Musa had done, he expected to be called sharply to account by his jealous superior, and knew well that his brilliant deeds had been overlooked in the Viceroy's dispatches to Damascus, then the capital of the Arab Empire.
The daring soldier was therefore full of joy when the table of Solomon fell into his hands.
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