And in the field win honor for my order and my hand.
It is for this that I am here, far from my native land.
Unto Valencia did I come to cast my lot with you,
All for the longing that I had to slay a Moor or two.
And so, in warlike guise I come, with blazoned shield, and lance,
That I may flesh my blade to-day, if God but give the chance.
Then send me to the front to do the bidding of my heart:
Grant me this favor that I ask, or else, my Cid, we part!"

Now that he had a fixed abiding place, the Cid bade Alvar Fanez and
Martin Antolinez carry a rich present to Don Alfonso, and obtain his
permission to bring his wife and daughters to Valencia. The same
messengers were also laden with a reward for the Abbot of St. Pedro,
under whose protection the Cid's family had taken refuge, and with
funds to redeem the chests of sand from the Jews at Burgos, begging
their pardon for the deception practised upon them and allowing them
higher interest than they could ever have claimed. Not only did the
messengers gallantly acquit themselves of this embassy, but boasted
everywhere of the five pitched battles the Cid had won and of the
eight towns now under his sway.

On learning that the Cid had conquered Valencia, Alfonso expressed
keen delight, although his jealous courtiers did not hesitate to
murmur they could have done as well! The monarch also granted
permission to Donna Ximena and her daughters to join the Cid, and the
three ladies set out with their escorts for Valencia. Nine miles
outside this city, the Cid met them, mounted on his steed Bavieca,
which he had won from the Moors, and, joyfully embracing wife and
daughters, welcomed them to Valencia, where from the top of the
Alcazar he bade them view the fertile country which paid tribute to