Cordoba A l o n f o R i o s -
Z a r a g o f l a . J u l i a n d e R e y
S a n C l e m e n t e . L o p e z A g u a d o
C u e l l a r v f B a r t h o l o m e d e N i e v a
a n d \ C a l c a d o
B a d a j o z ^ C a m p a n e r o
The following workmen Jlill.remained in Toledo>
Z a m o r a n o
T h o m a s d e A y a l a
J u a n d e l a H o r t a
F r a n c i f c o R u i z , a n d f o n s
- J u a n d e V a r g a s
J u a n , d e L u i z a l d e
F r a n c i f c o L a r d i
A n d r e s G a r c i a
H e r a s , f a t h e r , f o n , a n d g r a n d f o a
A l o n f o d e S a h a g u n a n d f o n s
F e r n a n d e z
M a r t i n e z
Any old blades found with thefe lail names, may be
undoubtedly; coniidered as true Toledos, and executed
by the moft capital artifts. Cervantes further relates
that Ramon de Hoces was famous at Seville for making
•of poinards. Delia der fe r el talpunal de Ramon de Hoces el
Sevillano (a.) Nor íhóuld I forget the famous Mont.anie ®f
Spain {I), a huge weapon, ufed with both hands, at once
[a) Don Quixote, tom 3, page 29$.- Madrid,.-177 r.
{&) Cobarravias gives to the word Montante, an Italian derivation, “ Montante, eípadá de-
dos manos, anna de ventaja y conocida, de Montar palabra Italiana que quiere decir, fubir, o
fo
ifo well defcribed by Milton, fpeaking of Michael’s fword:
“ W i t h h u g e t w o - h a n d e d f w a y
“ B r a n d i f h ’ d a l o f t , t h e h o r r i d e d g e c a m e d o w n , “ Wide wailing.” Parad. Lost, B o o k vi.
In the king’s armoury at Madrid, beildes many curi-
•ous and compleat fuits o f armour, they have a fine collection
o f antique fwords, amongft the reft, they ihew
'thofe, fàid to have belonged to Pelagius, to theCid, and
•Bernardo del Carpio; alfo the fword o f king Francis, ift,
and that o f John George, duke of Saxe-Weimar, taken
from him by Charles 5th, at the battle o f Horlingen.
The fwords o f the Gid, and Bernardo del Carpio, were
made at Zaragofla, but that o f Francis, at Valencia,
as was alfo the fword, likewife in this armoury, o f that
-famous hero Garcia de Paredes, with his name on the
blade, and on the other fide “ plus ultra operibus cre-
idite,” Though thefe details may perhaps be confidered
o f very little moment, it was not fo with our anceftors,
who fet a high value on thefe Spanifh blades, particularly
the Toledos, as may be collectedfrom various paifages .in
-our favourite writers, Shakefpear, Johnfon, and Butler..
porque el montante excede la eftatura del hombre o porque fe juege por lo alto»—Teforo de
la lengua Gaftellana, por Don Sebaftian de Cobarruvias. Madrid; 161 1 . This curious
book may truly laid to be a treafure, according to its title, for thofe that ftudy the "Spaniih
language, and arc defirous of underftanding thè true fpirit and fenfe o f its moft difficult
words,, though »the witty Quevedo paifes rather a fevere cenfufe on it, in his novel inti tied,
■Cucnto de Cuentos, .adding, Tambien ie ha hecho teforo de la lengua Efpanola donde el papel
es mas que là razon, òbra grande, y de -erudicion defelinadai* -
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