It is little to lose a few teeth in the service of him, who has given me all. Our Lord, who reared this fabric, has only opened a window, in order to discern the more readily what passes within.

Peter Martyr, Opus Epistolarum, b. 1, ep. 62; and Andrés Bernáldez, Reyes Católicos, MS, ch. 78. In 1486 Edward went to Spain to aid Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille in the Reconquista of Granada. "There came from Britain," says Peter Martyr, "a cavalier, young, wealthy, and high-born. He was allied to the blood royal of England. He was attended by a beautiful train of household troops three hundred in number, armed after the fashion of their land with long-bow and battle-axe." He fought at the second siege of Loja, where he helped to defeat the Moors by leading an attack to scale the city walls. In the fight, he was hit in the face by a stone thrown by a defender. He was knocked unconscious and two of his teeth were smashed. He was visited while recuperating by Ferdinand and Isabella, who sympathised with him over the loss of his teeth. His witty response, says Peter Martyr, pleased the sovereigns. Reported in W. H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella,