Note 25 — Chapter IX · THE AGE OF LOPE DE VEGA 1598-1621 (continued 2)
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It seems probable that Cervantes and Pérez were both anticipated by Alonso Álvarez de Soria, who was finally hanged. See Bartolomé José Gallardo, Ensayo de una Biblioteca Española (Madrid, 1863, vol. i., col. 285).