"Seid" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... full lowe. (Luvis first seid bin courtesie.) And swung hir owir his saddil bow, (Ryde quha listis, ...
— A Bundle of Ballads • Various
... not composed later than the year 1200. This poem celebrates the achievements of the great hero of the chivalrous age of Spain, Rodrigo Diaz (1020-1099), who obtained from five Moorish kings, whom he had vanquished in battle, the title of El Seid, or my lord. He was also called by the Spaniards El Campeador or El Cid Campeador, the Champion or the Lord Champion, and he well deserved the honorable title, for he passed almost the whole of his life in the field against the oppressors ...
— Handbook of Universal Literature - From The Best and Latest Authorities • Anne C. Lynch Botta |
