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

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MILITARY ORDERS
Du Guesclin
in the
assassina-
tion
The
Romance
of Montiel
after Najera, there had been two Masters
and two Keepers. Godoy was promoted
to Calatrava, and Melen Suarez was
elected Master.
In 1371 King Peter died at Montiel:
we all know how Du Guesclin lent a hand
in the treachery and the assassination, and
how a Gallegan spoke a canny word: “I
make no kings, I break no kings, but I help
my Lord.” One wishes one might hear
that quoted in testimony before the Judg-
ment-Seat of God, and know if it were
allowed or ruled out. There are fragments
extant of a Romance of the Death of the
King D. Peter, and though the popular
imagination has a predisposition towards
bastards it is moving:
And Henry’s men
They sing, they slash and cry
“Hail, Henry, hail!”
And Peter’s men
Clamour, stoop and wail
Above their dead King.
One Gallegan may be set against another:
if an Andrada lent a hand to D. Enrique,
HISPANIC NOTES