"O thou that in a happy hour didst gird thee with the sword,
It is the order of the king; we dare not, O my lord!
Sealed with his royal seal hath come his letter to forbid
The Burgos folk to open door, or shelter thee, my Cid.
Our goods, our homes, our very eyes, in this are all at stake;
And small the gain to thee, though we meet ruin for thy sake.
Go, and God prosper thee in all that thou dost undertake."[13]

Pausing at the church only long enough to say a prayer, the Cid rode
out of the gates of Burgos and camped on a neighboring hill, where his
nephew Martin Antolinez brought him bread and wine, declaring he would
henceforth share the Cid's fortunes in defiance of the king. It was to
this relative that the Cid confided the fact that he was without funds
and must raise enough money to defray present expenses. Putting their
heads together, these two then decided to fill two huge chests with
sand, and offer them to a couple of Jews in Burgos for six hundred
marks, stating the chests contained treasures too heavy and valuable
to be taken into exile, and assuring them that, if they solemnly
pledged themselves not to open the chests for a year, they could then
claim them, provided the Cid had not redeemed them in the meanwhile.
Trusting to the Cid's word and hoping to enrich themselves by this
transaction, the Jews gladly lent the six hundred marks and bore away
the heavy chests.

Having thus secured the required supplies, the Cid proceeded to San
Pedro de Cardena, where he entrusted his wife Ximena and two daughters
to the care of the prior, leaving behind him funds enough to defray
all their expenses. Then, although parting with his family was as hard
as "when a finger-nail is torn from the flesh," the Cid rode away,
crossing the frontier just as the nine days ended. He was there