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GIBRALTAR TO MALAGA. 135<br />

an Arabian motto, the blazon of the<br />

love or adventures of its owner.<br />

B o o K l I L<br />

Another noted weapon of the CrofsBovl! "<br />

Moors was the ballefta, or ctofs bow,<br />

ufed indifcriminately for íhooting<br />

ftones' or arrows; its forcé was irre-<br />

fiftible; during the rebellion of the<br />

Alpujarras, in the reign of Philip II,<br />

Don Jofeph de Lara,the prieft, being<br />

tiedby the Moors to a tree, was nailed'<br />

to it with an arrow íhot from a crofs<br />

bow at the diftance of 30 yards?<br />

Their lances were long and pointed<br />

with iron : in their management the<br />

Mooriíh cavalry were moft dexterous ;<br />

with them they maintained the field<br />

in their jufts and tournaments,<br />

obferving the ancient laws and<br />

cuftoms of chivalry ; the Arabian<br />

K 4 knight<br />

Lances.

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