THE

POEM OF THE CID

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'Ipse Rodericus, mio Cid semper vocatus,

De quo cantatur quod ab hostibus haud superatus,

Qui domuit Mauros, comites domuit quoque nostros'

Contemporary Poem on the Siege of Almería A.D. 1147