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

Note 547 — 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

The effect cannot be conceived without the necessary connection; but the words spoken by the ghost of the prince, when about to head the army, may be quoted here:—

Alf. Pues a embestir Enrique, que no hay duda que el cielo nos ayuda. F. Si os ayuda Sale Don Fernando. porque obligando al cielo, que vió tu Fe, tu Religion, tu zelo, oy tu causa defiende, librarme a mi esclavitud pretende, porque por raro exemplo por tantos Templos, Dios me ofrece un Templo, antorcha desafida del Oriente, tu exercito arrogante alumbrando he de ir siempre delante; para que oy en trofeos, iguales, gran Alfonso, en tu deseos, llegues a Fez, no a coronarte agora sino a librar mi Ocaso en el Aurora. Jornada iii.

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