In the "Mocedades de Rodrigo", the young Cid appears with a very divergent nature that are shown in other versions of his legend, particularly to that of "Cantar de mio Cid", where he habitually conducts himself with exquisite restraint. In text in question, he is seen as an arrogant, pompous and proud boy, including on occasions being disrespectful to his king Ferdinand. One example is the first occasion in which they meet. The king had summoned Rodrigo and his father, Diego Laínez, to propose for Rodrigo to bury the death of Jimena's father with the matrimony. But Rodrigo distrusts: