Infante) in company with his father, the Emperor Charles V., was
written by Don Calvate de Estrella. This curious work contains an
account of the festivities at Binche alluded to by Cervantes in
_El Buscapié_. During those entertainments many of the jousts and
tournaments described in books of chivalry were represented, and
great attention was bestowed on the accuracy of the costumes, &c.
The reader will find the title of Estrella’s curious work quoted, at
length, in Note S, page 213.
THE END.
FOOTNOTES:
[66] The Spaniards were accustomed to call their South American
possessions _Indias Occidentales_.
[67] This narrative was published in Madrid in the year 1763, by
Father Henrique Florez, under the title of _Viaje de Ambrosio Morales,
por orden del Rey Don Felipe II., a los reinos de León y Galicia,
y principado de Asturias, para reconocer las reliquias de santos
&c._--(Journey made by Ambrosio Morales, by command of King Phillip
II., to the Kingdoms of León and Galicia, and the Principality of
Asturias, to discover the reliques of saints).
[68] “Spanish Medicine comprised in the common proverbs of our
language.”
[69] Meaning persons who speak and understand the Castilian language,
which was called the Romance.
[70] El primer comentario del muy ilustre señor, Don Luis de Ávila y
Zuñiga, en la guerra de Alemania en el año de MDXLVI, y MDXLVII. Venice
1550, Antwerp 1552, Venice 1553.
[71] This copy of the _Buscapié_, Ruidiaz says he read many years prior
to the date of his letter to Vicente de los Ríos. He states that it
belonged to the late Conde de Saceda.
[72] An English translation of this work was published in London, in
1816, under the following title, “The Inquisition Unmasked”; by Don
Antonio Puigblanch. Translated from the author’s enlarged edition, by
William Walton, Esq.
[73] “The history of the very valiant knight, Palmerin of England, son
of King Edward, and of his great prowess; and the history of Floriano
of the Desert, his brother; with some account of Prince Florendos, son
of Primaleon.”
[74] “Second Book of the History of Palmerin of England, in which
is continued and brought to an end the story of his love for the
Infanta Polinarda, shewing how he achieved many adventures and gained
immortality by his great deeds.” Also the History of Floriano of the
Desert, with some account of Prince Florendos.
[75] “A new system of philosophy, concerning the nature of the
human frame, not known or touched upon by the great philosophers of
antiquity, whereby human life may be prolonged and health improved.”
Don Adolfo de Castro states that he does not know the date of the
first edition of this work, but that the second edition was printed in
Madrid, in the year 1588.
[76] Dialogue between Charon and the shade of Peter Lewis Farnesio, son
of Pope Paul III.
[77] Moral Letters by M. Narveza, translated from the French language
into Spanish, by Madama Francisca de Passier, dedicated to Don Pedro
Enríquez de Acevedo, Count de Fuentes. Printed in 1605.
[78] The book of the Paso Honroso which was defended by the excellent
Knight Suero de Quiñones; compiled from an old manuscript book by Juan
de Pineda, a monk of the order of San Francisco.
[79] In the early ages of Christianity the Spaniards claimed St.
James as their Apostle, and alleged that his remains were interred in
Galicia, contrary to the generally received tradition which assigns
Jerusalem as his burial-place. Under the appellation of Santiago, St.
James is the tutelary saint of the Spaniards.
[80] Ferdinand and Isabella are the Catholic King and Queen here
referred to.
[81] Polemic Dialogues between War and Learning.
[82] Eight Plays and Eight Interludes never performed.
[83] The term _rufián_ is still in use in the Spanish language, though
it now bears a signification widely different from that attached to
it by the dramatic writers of the 16th and 17th centuries. Quevedo’s
“Gran Tacaña,” the “Rufián dichoso,” of Cervantes, and the “Rufián
Castrucho,” of Lope de Vega, sufficiently show to what class of
characters the term was applied, viz., a compound of the thief and the
bravo. In short, the meaning attached to the term in the old Spanish
dramas seems to correspond precisely with the English word _ruffian_.
[84] That which bears the title of _Auto Chamada da Lusitania_. (The
Auto called Lusitania).
[85]
Gil Vicente the author
Makes me his ambassador.
[86] _History of Portuguese Literature_, by Frederick Von Bouterwek.
[87] The Resolute Knight, translated from the French language into
the Castilian, by Don Hernando de Acuña; and dedicated to the Emperor
Charles V., King of Spain, &c. (Published at Antwerp in the year, 1553.)
[88] “Commentaries on the Spanish war,” and “History of King Philip
V.,” surnamed _el animoso_.
[89] “Extraordinary Life of King Don Pedro of Castile, commonly called
the Cruel.”
[90] “The Knowledge of Nations; by Antonio Pérez, formerly Secretary of
State to King Philip II.: A political discourse founded on reasons of
state and government, and addressed to the King our Lord, Don Philip
III., concerning the condition of his realms and dependencies, and
those of his friends and his enemies, together with some hints on the
mode of procedure and government to be adopted towards both.”
[91] “Maxims of Antonio Pérez, Secretary to King Don Philip II.,
addressed to King Henry IV. of France.”
[92] “Brief Notice and Eulogium of the Life of King Philip II.”
[93] It may not be unnecessary to explain, for the information of the
English reader, that the Spanish word _capilla_, chapel, signifies
also a monk’s cowl or hood. This double meaning is implied in the
observation attributed to Constantino. The words, _Me robaban la voz
estas capillas_ might be interpreted two ways, viz: _These chapels
drown my voice_, or _these monks cowls prevent me from speaking out_.
T. R.
[94] A wolf’s head, invented by the monks in order to obtain food for
their own rapacity.
[95] The impeachment of Constantino by the Inquisition spread the
utmost dismay throughout Spain. When the event reached the ears of
the Emperor Charles V., in his retirement in the monastery at Yuste,
he observed:--“If Constantino be a Heretic, he is indeed a _great_
Heretic.” (_Si Constantino es hereje, es grande hereje._)
[96] The original passage may be transcribed here, as it affords a good
specimen of the Spanish _octava rima_.
“Sobre gruesas columnas levantadas
De cristal más que el vidrio transparente,
Basas y capiteles de apurada
Plata, que siempre está resplandeciente
Sobre todos los arcos fabricada
Estaba una alta puerta y eminente,
Por donde ningún hombre entrar podía
Sino quien los secretos entendia.”
The _Toledana Discreta_ is written throughout in the _octava
rima_, a form of Spanish verse which originated with Boscan, who first
introduced the Italian style into Castilian poetry.
ERRATA.
Page
3 (Note) line 2 for Notic_s_a read Notic_i_a.
12 " 10 " instance_s_ " instance.
16 " 23 " Parna_d_o " Parna_s_o.
46 " 7 " barbad_a_ " barbad_o_.
63 " 12 " _Œ_schylus " _Æ_schylus.
68 (Note) " 2 " ci_ri_dad " ci_u_dad
91 (Note) " 1 " len_en_gua " lengua.
96 " 8 " Es_e_ritor " Es_c_ritor.
109 (Note) " 1 " conver_c_ion " conver_s_ion.
116 " 17 " you _are_ " you _were_
121 " 11 " nonsen_c_e " nonsen_s_e.
132 " 5 " Hernande_x_ " Hernande_z_
141 " 22 " misch_e_v_i_ous " misch_ie_vous.
144 " 7 " be " be_en_.
161 (Note) " 3 " Ambros_t_o " Ambro_s_io
165 " 16 " po_a_ " po_r_
167 " 8 " nueutra " nue_s_tra.
167 " 21 " I have " “I have,” _he says_.
173 " 14 " A little on " A little _further_ on.
178 " 3 " esforzdo " esforz_a_do.
178 " 12 " much_o_s " much_a_s
180 " 1 " Morever " More_o_ver.
186 " 20 " petul_e_ntly " petul_a_ntly.
191 " 19 " tra_sl_ucidas " tra_d_ucidas
205 " 22 " se_n_ " se_u_
213 " 9 " Espaa " Espa_ñ_a.
217 " 15 " Felipe II. " Felipe II_I_.
217 " 17 " pr_a_ceder " pr_o_ceder.
233 (Note) " 3 " c_a_lumnas " c_o_lumnas.