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and by extension, to any knight errant, or chivalrous and warlike hero.

51-6: =cruzado=: _crusader_ (from _cruz_, cross, which was worn as a
badge).

51-7: =Fernando VII=: cf. note _Fernando_, p. 34, 5. Ferdinand
welcomed the intervention of the French in Spain to support him in his
absolutism against the advanced party, which clamored for constitutional
liberties. The French expedition (1823) was completely successful, the
resistance being so slight that the French describe the invasion as a
_promenade militaire_.

51-8:= en contra nuestra=: _in opposition to us_.

52-1: =seguian con sus gorros encasquetados=: _kept on their caps_
(lit. _continued with_, etc.).