History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 1 of 2)

Note 541 — SECOND SECTION. History of Spanish Poetry and Eloquence, from the Age of Cervantes and Lope de Vega to the Middle of the Seventeenth Century. (continued 2)

Thomasina Ross translation

In Los Empeños de un Acaso, (the Consequences of an Accident), a lover resolves, for his mistress’s sake, to assist his rival in a case of difficulty:—

Qué noble, honrado y valiente, viendo humilde á su enemigo, no le ampara y favorece? No solo pues la licencia que me pide, le concede mi valor; mas la palabra, de ayudarle, y de valerle, hasta que á su dama libre. El caso, Don Diego, es este. Mirad, como faltar puedo á su amparo, quando tiene privelegios de enemigo, y de amigo en mì Don Felix? Los Empeños de un Acaso. Jorn. iii.

Return to SECOND SECTION. History of Spanish Poetry and Eloquence, from the Age of Cervantes and Lope de Vega to the Middle of the Seventeenth Century. (continued 2)