The Marriage of the Cid's Daughters LXXXIV
Minaya Alvar Fañez, on his lips a smile broke out:"Ha now! Ha now! Avengalvón. Thou art his friend no doubt.If God shall bring me to the Cid and him alive I see,The things that thou has done for us shall greatly profit thee.Let us to our lodging, supper they have made ready there."Avengalvón gave answer: "'Tis a courtesy most fair;Double will I repay it ere the third morning fall."To the town they came. Minaya provided for them all.The escort that came with them, they were gladdened when they saw.Minaya the King's herald commanded to withdraw.The lord Cid in Valencia was greatly honored then,When they gave such entertainment in Medína to his men.The King paid for all. Minaya therefor had naught to pay.
At length the night was over, and came the break of day.And mass they heard, and after away they rode at last.They hastened from Medína, o'er the Jalón they pased.And down the Arbujuélo, spurring apace they ride.In haste the meadows of Toránz they cross from side to side,They came unto Molína where Avengalvón was lord.Bishop Jerome, a Christian worthy of his deed and word,Escorted the three ladies whether by day or night,And he led a good charger with his armor on his right.And he and Alvar Fañez rode aye together thus.They have entered in Molína the rich and glorious,And loyally Avengalvón the Moor has served them there.Unto the height of their desire, nothing they lacked whatever:He even bade men strike for them the horseshoe from the steed.Minaya and the ladies, God! he honored them indeedThey got them upon horseback when the next morning fell.Unto Valencia loyally he served them all and well.
The Moor spent of his own estate, for naught from them took he.With such honorable matters and mirth and revelryThey came nigh unto Valencia, that three leagues off doth stand.To my lord Cid who in good hour had girded on the brand,In the city of Valencia the news thereof they bore.
Words in this poem
- broke v. i.
- To transact business for another. Brome. [See Broker, and cf. Brook.]
- shall v. i.
- To owe; to be under obligation for. [OE. shal, schal, imp. sholde, scholde, AS. scal, sceal, I am obliged, imp. scolde, sceolde, inf. sculan; akin to OS. skulan, pres. skal, imp. skolda, D. zullen,]
- valencia n.
- A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton. [Perhaps fr. Valence in France.]
- therefor adv.
- For that, or this; for it. [There + for. Cf. Therefore.]
- rode n.
- Redness; complexion. [See Rud.]
- apace adv.
- With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily. [Pref. a- + pace. OE. a pas at a walk, in which a is the article. See Pace.]
- charger n.
- One who, or that which charges.
- glorious a.
- Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds. [OF. glorios, glorious, F. glorieux, fr. L. gloriosus. See Glory, n.]
- loyally adv.
- In a loyal manner; faithfully.
- bade
- A form of the pat tense of Bid.
- steed n.
- A horse, especially a spirited horse for state of war; -- used chiefly in poetry or stately prose. [OE. stede, AS. steda a stud-horse, war horse, fr. stod a stud of breeding steeds; akin to G. stute a mare, Icel. stedda, sto, a stud. *163. See Stud of horses.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
The Marriage of the Cid's Daughters LXXXIV is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Lay of the Cid, Project Gutenberg ebook #6088, the R. Selden Rose and Leonard Bacon translation; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
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Form and metre
The Marriage of the Cid's Daughters LXXXIV is 35 lines in 3 verse paragraphs. It is in rhyming couplets, 69% of the lines. The metre is iambic heptameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 77%). 86% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 13.7 syllables. 3 lines end on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending. 6% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.
See other poems in rhyming couplets, other poems in iambic heptameter.
Measured by Laurel's pipeline, not copied from a handbook: how stress and metre are counted, how rhyme is lettered, how a drifted rhyme is found. Where the dictionary cannot confirm a rhyme the letter is withheld, not guessed.
Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 AABBCCDDEEFF- outA · doubtA · seeB · theeB · thereC · fairC · fallD · allD · sawE · withdrawE · thenF · menF · pay
- 2 ---AA--BBCC--DDEE day · last · pased · rideA · sideA · lord · word · nightB · rightB · thusC · gloriousC · there · whatever · steedD · indeedD · fellE · wellE
- 3 --AA- he · revelry · standA · brandA · bore
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. Read against iambic heptameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| Minaya Alvar Fañez, on his lips a smile broke out: | 13 | ············· |
| "Ha now! Ha now! Avengalvón. Thou art his friend no doubt. | 14 | ·············· |
| If God shall bring me to the Cid and him alive I see, | 14 | ··········˘/·· |
| The things that thou has done for us shall greatly profit thee. | 14 | ·········/˘/˘· |
| Let us to our lodging, supper they have made ready there." | 14 | ···//˘/˘···/˘· |
| Avengalvón gave answer: "'Tis a courtesy most fair; | 14 | ·····/˘··/˘˘·· |
| Double will I repay it ere the third morning fall." | 13 | /˘··˘/····/˘· |
| To the town they came. Minaya provided for them all. | 13 | ·······˘/˘··· |
| The escort that came with them, they were gladdened when they saw. | 14 | ·/˘······/˘··· |
| Minaya the King's herald commanded to withdraw. | 12 | ····/˘˘/˘·˘/ |
| The lord Cid in Valencia was greatly honored then, | 14 | ····˘/˘˘·/˘/˘· |
| When they gave such entertainment in Medína to his men. | 15 | ·····˘/˘······· |
| The King paid for all. Minaya therefor had naught to pay. | 13 | ·······˘/···· |
| At length the night was over, and came the break of day. | 13 | ············· |
| And mass they heard, and after away they rode at last. | 13 | ·······˘/···· |
| They hastened from Medína, o'er the Jalón they pased. | 14 | ·/˘˘·········· |
| And down the Arbujuélo, spurring apace they ride. | 13 | ·······/˘˘/·· |
| In haste the meadows of Toránz they cross from side to side, | 14 | ···/·········· |
| They came unto Molína where Avengalvón was lord. | 14 | ·············· |
| Bishop Jerome, a Christian worthy of his deed and word, | 14 | /˘˘/·/˘/˘····· |
| Escorted the three ladies whether by day or night, | 13 | ˘/˘··/˘······ |
| And he led a good charger with his armor on his right. | 14 | ·····/˘··/˘··· |
| And he and Alvar Fañez rode aye together thus. | 13 | ·········˘/˘· |
| They have entered in Molína the rich and glorious, | 14 | ··/˘·······/˘˘ |
| And loyally Avengalvón the Moor has served them there. | 14 | ·/˘˘·········· |
| Unto the height of their desire, nothing they lacked whatever: | 15 | ······˘//˘···/˘ |
| He even bade men strike for them the horseshoe from the steed. | 14 | ·/˘······/···· |
| Minaya and the ladies, God! he honored them indeed | 14 | ····/˘··/˘˘·˘/ |
| They got them upon horseback when the next morning fell. | 13 | ·····/····/˘· |
| Unto Valencia loyally he served them all and well. | 14 | ··˘/˘/˘˘······ |
| The Moor spent of his own estate, for naught from them took he. | 14 | ······˘/······ |
| With such honorable matters and mirth and revelry | 14 | ··/˘˘˘/˘···/˘˘ |
| They came nigh unto Valencia, that three leagues off doth stand. | 14 | ·····˘/˘······ |
| To my lord Cid who in good hour had girded on the brand, | 14 | ·······/·/˘··· |
| In the city of Valencia the news thereof they bore. | 14 | ··/˘·˘/˘······ |
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