1862.
“The meed of valour Bastards aye have claimèd 1
By Arts or Arms, or haply both conjoinèd;
Such were of fabled Gods the most enfamèd
To whom rude Antients highest rank assignèd.
Hermes, and doct Apollo still are namèd
For varied Science with long Art combinèd;
Others by Arms alone prevail; so reign
Bacchus and Hercules, that Theban Twain.
2
“Bastardos são tambem Homero e Orpheo,
Dous a quem tanto os versos illustraram;
E os dous de quem o imperio procedeo,
Que Troia e Roma em Italia edificaram.
Pois se he certo o que a fama já escreveo,
Se muitos a Philippo nomearam
Por pae do Macedonico mancebo
Outros lhe dão o manho Nectanebo.
“Homer and Orpheus, eke, of birth were base, 2
The pair by Po’etry raised to such degree;
And they, the Sires of that Imperial race,
Who founded Troy and Rome for Italy.
Nay, an in written legend trust we place,
Though many Philip made the father be
Of Macedonia’s Youth, not few would prove
Great Nectanébus[128] filcht his mother’s love.
3
“Assi o filho de Pedro justiçoso,
Sendo governador alevantado
Do reino, foi nas armas tão ditoso,
Que bem póde igualar qualquer passado.
Porque vendo-se o reino receoso
De ser do Castelhano sujugado,
Aos seus o medo tira, que os alcança;
Aos outros a falsífica esperança.”
“Thus Justiciary Pedro’s bastard son, 3
Being exalted o’er the realm to sway,
By Gestes of arms such goods of Fortune won
That equalled ev’ery Great of bygone day.
He, when his kingdom feared to be undone
And prostrate lie, the proud Castilian’s prey,
Bateth the terror his own lieges tries;
And in all others Esp’erance falsifies.”