Excerpt from Gonzalo de Cordoba, ó la Conquista de GranadaGenerosos españoles nacion valien te y magnánima madre de los amantes finos ete_rnos modelos de las almas sen sibles y constantes, tú cuyos invend bles guerreros haciéndote señora de in mensas regiones forzáron al sol 5 que jamas muriese para tu dilatado imperio, acepta mi tributo: yo te consagra en esta humilde ofrenda aquéll_os dos sen timientos id_ólo de tus grandes almas, sai grado honor y amor ardi'ente.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.