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

Note 484 — 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

For example, one in which a young married man, on the third day after his nuptials, asks his spouse, how many years a man daily grows older in the matrimonial state?

Antiyer nos casamos, oy querria, Doña Perez, saber ciertas verdades; Decidme, quanto numero de edades Enfunda el matrimonio en solo un dia? Un antiyer soltero ser solia, Y oy casado un sin fin de Navidades Han puesto dos marchitas voluntaries Y mas de mil antaños en la mia. Esto de ser marido un año arreo, Aun à los azacanes empalaga; Todo lo cotidiano es mucho, y feo.

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