Of Eagles and Lions Rampant We Are A thin strait sequesters the continent Seven centuries since the accursed defeat In petty fratricide we failed to defend the southern frontier The ruined innumerable – The damage outspanning death From within nestled vipers struck, prospering as always through despair Glutted in thralldom by an eroding current From beyond the Ebro flowed an alliance Legal inoculations proved insufficient Plague mutates Clandestine union of monarchs Kingdoms of Aragon and Castile united Now of eagles and lions rampant we are Betraying nobility dethroned, their once regal castles fall Santa Hermandad rides as the ignoble are purged in resanctification Leavings in Granada attack Infanta, now with child, joins the front Artillery sent from allies abroad Armada isolates and prevents further helotry As Malaga is quashed all are assigned to serfdom One third will be spared to be used in barter Similar taints in the east may be taken from the rear should expeditions succeed Much of the future to be decided at sea Slowly we cleanse our empire Of eagles and lions rampant we are Conversos openly defile the peninsula Destiny exacts a heavy toll Rack extracted stipends Confessors soon to hear outlandish throes For vast new lands now fall beneath imperial hooves Plunder spills from our coffers Much is to be won