Make her
happy, dear Mamma, she has been so sad!"
The appeal to Isabella's nature was irresistible; she caught her child
to her heart, and burst into passionate tears.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
"I will have vengeance!
I'll crush thy swelling pride! I'll still thy vaunting!
I'll do a deed of blood!
Now all idle forms are over--
Now open villany, now open hate--
Defend thy life!"
JOANNA BAILLIE.
"Let me but look upon 'her' face once more--
Let me but say farewell, my soul's beloved,
And I will bless thee still."
MRS. HEMANS.
Some time had elapsed since King Ferdinand and his splendid army had
quitted Saragossa. He himself had not as yet headed any important
expedition, but fixing his head-quarters at Seville, dispatched thence
various detachments under experienced officers, to make sallies on the
Moors, who had already enraged the Christian camp by the capture of
Zahara. Arthur Stanley was with the Marquis of Cadiz, when this insult
was ably avenged by the taking of Albania, a most important post,
situated within thirty miles of the capital. The Spaniards took
possession of the city, massacred many of the inhabitants, placed
strong restrictions on those who surrendered, and strongly garrisoned
every tower and fort.
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