Charles Morris
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At length the hallowed old rags were removed by an irreverent hand, and from that time the empire of the Beni Umaya began to decline.
We may briefly conclude our tale.
The battle was fierce, but Abdurraman's boldness and courage prevailed, and the army of Yusuf in the end gave way, Cordova becoming the victor's prize.
The generous conqueror gave liberty and distinction to the defeated emir, and was repaid in two years by a rebellion in which he had an army of twenty thousand men to meet.
Yusuf was again defeated and now lost his life.
Thus it was that the fugitive prince, who had saved his life by swimming the Euphrates under the eyes of an assassin band, became the caliph of the West, for under him Spain was cut loose from the dominion of the Abbasides and made an independent kingdom, its conqueror becoming its first monarch, under the title of Abdurahman I.
Al Mansur, then the caliph of the East, sought to recover the lost domain, sending a large army from Africa, but this was defeated with terrible slaughter by the impetuous young prince, who revenged himself by sending the heads of the general and many of his officers to the caliph in bags borne by merchants, which were deposited at the door of Al Mansur's tent during the darkness of the night.
The finder was cautioned to be careful as the bags contained treasure, so they were brought into the caliph, who opened them with his own hand.
Great was his fury and chagrin when he saw what a ghastly treasure they contained.
This man is the foul fiend in human form, he exclaimed.
Praised be Allah that he has placed a sea between him and me.
End of chapter ten
Chapter eleven of Historical Tales Volume seven Spanish by Charles Morris.
This Libervox recording is in the public domain.
Chapter eleven Bernardo del Carpio
Spain, like France, had its hero of legend.
The great French hero was Roland.
Whose mighty deeds in the pass of Ronceval
have been widely commemorated in song and story.
In Spanish legend, the gallant opponent of the champion of France was Bernardo del Carpio.
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