King, Georgiana Goddard: A brief account of the military orders in Spain (New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1921)

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prelate, in God’s confidence and the King’s.
It was augmented in time from the histo-
ries of family pride, of feats and honours.
The roll of those who took part fills five
pages in the huge folio of Argote de Molina:
and the Orders are represented in a long
line three generations deep, of Masters’
sons, and Masters, and Masters who were
to be, arranged by rank and family,
Comendador and Alferez, Clan ero and treze,
and the Masters, and the Comendadores
May ores.
Other cities showed a banner on the field,
besides the three of Segovia, Avila, and
Medina: Toledo, Valladolid, Olmedo and
Arevalo, are counted over: and again
“into this battle went the Corporations
of Madrid, Almazan, Atienza, S. Esteban
de Gormaz, Ayllon, Cuenca, Huete and
Alarcon.” It was a sort of patent of ancient
nobility: it was a certain warrant of old
and fair renown. Argote, who is scrupulous
according to his lights, depends with most
confidence on Rades y Andrada, the histo-
rian of the Orders, but he cites also Zorita
who composed the Annals of Aragon, and
The
Communes
participated
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