[206] _Historiadores Portugueses_ in _Opusculos_ (1907), ii. 27.
The author of the _Theatrum_ has a similar verdict: _Scripsit
Chronicam Ioannis II ut quidem potuit sed longe impar regis et rerum
magnitudinis._
[207] _Sem letras e sem saber_, he says modestly, _me fui nisto meter._
[208] The book has as many titles as editions, that of 1545 being
_Lyuro das Obras de Garcia de Resẽde que trata da vida e grãdissimas
virtudes_, &c.
[209] Or he would seek to obtain them through a friend as in the case
of _o Cancioneiro do abade frei Martinho_ of Alcobaça. It is improbable
that Resende, who valued friendship above good poetry, altered the
manuscripts he received, in spite of Francisco de Sousa’s permission:
_as quaes podeys enmendar_.
[210] _Prologo._ ‘Had you forgotten that _trovas_ are still written in
Portugal?’ asks Nuno Pereira of one of his victims; and of a dress it
is said that it would be _certo de leuar Trouas de riso e mote_. Cf.
the phrase _dar causa a trovadores_.
[211] Or Albuquerque would be mentioned in a game of _Porque’s_ (why’s)
common among the _praguentos da India_: _Porque Afonso d’Albuquerque Dá
pareas a el rey de Fez?_
[212] Zurara, _Cr. de D. Joam_, cap. 29.
[213] The _Cancioneiro_ contains many references to Venice. The
_pimenta de Veneza_ mentioned in one of the poems must have sounded
strange to Portuguese readers in 1516.
[214] e. g. _Meu bem, sem vos ver Se vivo um dia, Viver nam queria.
Caland’ e sofrendo Meu mal sem medida, Mil mortes na vida Sinto nam vos
vendo, E pois que vivendo Moiro toda via, Viver nam queria._
[215] _La t’arreda Satanas, Cristo Jesu a ti chamo, A ti amo, Tu Senhor
me salvarás. O sinal da cruz espante Minha torpe tentaçam, Com devaçam
Espero dir adiante._
[216] One of his poems has the heading: _Outro vilançete seu estãdo em
Azamor antes ̃q se fynasse_.
[217] e.g. _A culpa de quem se ama doe mais & perdoase mais asinha, Nam
pede louvor quem o merece, Da fee nace a rezam da fee_, &c.
[218] D. Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcellos goes so far as to call the
Portuguese _Cancioneiro Geral_ a mere supplement or second part of the
Spanish _Cancionero General_ (_Estudos sobre o Romanceiro_, p. 303).