Note 160 — FIRST SECTION. History of Spanish Poetry and Eloquence, from the Introduction of the Italian Style to the Age of Cervantes and Lope de Vega.
Thomasina Ross translation
In his elegy on Boscan he thus apostrophizes Mars:—
O crudo, o riguroso, o duro Marte, De tunica cubierto de diamante, Y endurecido siempre en toda parte, &c.