Barba and Gutierre Quixada (of whose family I come in the direct

male line), when they vanquished the sons of the Count of San Polo.

I shall be told, too, that Don Fernando de Guevara did not go in quest

of adventures to Germany, where he engaged in combat with Micer

George, a knight of the house of the Duke of Austria. I shall be

told that the jousts of Suero de Quinones, him of the 'Paso,' and

the emprise of Mosen Luis de Falces against the Castilian knight,

Don Gonzalo de Guzman, were mere mockeries; as well as many other