. Stories from the Chronicle of the Cid . that. Then they rodeout of the town and pitched their tents upon 40 CHRONICLE OF THE CID the sands, where they spent the first nightof their exile. The Cids nephew, MartinAntolinez, had followed his uncle and takengreat store of bread and wine, so that therewas plenty for all the company, which wasa good thing, for the King had forbidden thepeople of Burgos to give or sell food to theexiles. But more than one days provisionswould be needed for his company, and theCid had but little monev, most of his wealth »/ 7 being in lands, so he set about arrangin
. Stories from the Chronicle of the Cid . that. Then they rodeout of the town and pitched their tents upon 40 CHRONICLE OF THE CID the sands, where they spent the first nightof their exile. The Cids nephew, MartinAntolinez, had followed his uncle and takengreat store of bread and wine, so that therewas plenty for all the company, which wasa good thing, for the King had forbidden thepeople of Burgos to give or sell food to theexiles. But more than one days provisionswould be needed for his company, and theCid had but little monev, most of his wealth »/ 7 being in lands, so he set about arranging aplan for obtaining money for his use untilhe should be able to live by the spoils hehoped to gain. A very daring and not very honest schemeoccurred to him as the only one that couldbe carried out in so short a time, and he con-fided its execution to his nephew. Near Bur-gos lived two Jews to whom the Cid hadalways been accustomed to sell such of hisspoils as he could not use, and they had con-fidence in him and would not be likely to. The Jews and the Treasure-chest. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTCTV ILENOX AMDTILDE W KJtilNU-TlONS. ^ L. THE CIDS EXILE 43 suspect him of trickery. The Cid sent tothem by his nephew to know what they wouldadvance him on two chests of treasure whichhe wished to leave with them, but which theymust come for at night, lest robbers shouldattack them. The Jews offered six hundredmarks, which the Cid thought sufficient. Hemade a condition, however, that the chestswere not to be opened for a year, for he wassure that within that time he could redeemthem. The Jews were so glad to have madesuch a bargain, for the chests were veryheavy, that they readily consented not toexamine them for a year, and the Cid receivedthe six hundred marks and a present besidefor Martin Antolinez, who had been his agentin the transaction. Now, the chests containednothing in the world but sand, and the Cidfelt that he was doing a dishonest thing, forhe said to his nephew, I
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