"Reyes" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the same time as the siege of Cuzco, another Inca force, led by Titu Yupanqui, marched on the newly founded Spanish capital (the Ciudad de los Reyes or Lima). It was driven off by ...
— An Account of the Conquest of Peru • Pedro Sancho
... believe on the concurring testimony of Marco, of Wassaf, and of Thuran Shah. There was also, it would seem, another quasi-independent principality in the Island of Kais. (Hammer's Ilch. II. 50, 51; Teixeira, Relacion de los Reyes de ...
— The Travels of Marco Polo Volume 1 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa
... saw I then Dan Citherus, And of Athens Dan Pronomus, And Marsyas that lost his skin, Both in the face, body, and chin, For that he would envyen, lo! To pipe better than Apollo. There saw I famous, old and young, Pipers of alle Dutche tongue, To learne love-dances and springs, Reyes, and these strange things. Then saw I in another place, Standing in a large space, Of them that make bloody* soun', *martial In trumpet, beam,* and clarioun; *horn For in fight and blood-sheddings Is used gladly clarionings. There ...
— The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems • Geoffrey Chaucer
... "Esas puertas se defiendan; Que no ha de entrar, vive Dios, Por ellas, quien no estuviere Mas limpio que lo esta el sol. "No profane mi palacio 10 Un fementido traidor Que contra su Rey combate Y que a su patria vendio. "Pues si el es de Reyes primo, Primo de Reyes soy yo; 15 Y conde de Benavente Si el es duque de Borbon; "Llevandole de ventaja Que nunca jamas mancho La traicion mi noble sangre, 20 Y haber ...
— Modern Spanish Lyrics • Various
... was only in order that he might be the puppet of his own purposes. His next step was to found a new capital, which should be near enough to the sea-coast to meet the need of a commercial people. He determined upon the site of Lima on the festival of Epiphany, 1535, and named it "Ciudad de los Reyes," or City of the Kings, in honour of the day. But this name was before long superseded by that of Lima, which arose from the ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol XII. - Modern History • Arthur Mee |
