Charles Morris
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The talisman was really a watchtower from which the news of an African invasion could be signalled through the land.
In this cold age, we can give its builder credit for no higher magic than that of wisdom and vigilance.
End of chapter two
Chapter three of Historical Tales Volume seven Spanish by Charles Morris.
This Libervox recording is in the public domain.
Chapter three
The Enchanted Palace.
Near the city of Toledo, the capital of Spain, when that country was a kingdom of the Goths, was a great palace of the olden times.
Or as some say a vast cave, which had been deepened and widened and made into many rooms.
Still others say that it was a mighty tower built by Hercules.
Whatever it was, palace, tower, or cavern, a spell lay upon it from far past days, which none had dared to break.
There was an ancient prophecy that Spain would in time be invaded by barbarians from Africa, and to prevent this, a wise king who knew the arts of magic, had placed a secret talisman in one of the rooms.
While this remained undisturbed, the country was safe from invasion.
If once the secret of the talisman should be divulged, swift ruin would descend upon the kingdom of the Goths.
It must be guarded strongly and well, for in it lay the destinies of Spain.
A huge iron gate closed the entrance to the enchanted palace, and upon this each king of the Goths on coming to the throne, placed a strong lock, so that in time huge padlocks covered much of its front, and its secrecy seemed amply assured.
When Roderick, the last king of the Goths, came to the throne, and
twenty seven of such locks hung upon the gate.
As for the keys, some writers tell us that they remained in the locks, others say that they had been hidden and lost, but it is certain that no one had dared to open a single one of the locks.
Prudence and fear guarded the secret better than gates and locks.
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