Note 360 — SECOND SECTION. History of Spanish Poetry and Eloquence, from the Age of Cervantes and Lope de Vega to the Middle of the Seventeenth Century.
Thomasina Ross translation
In the prelude to the Auto El Nombre de Jesus (the Name of Jesus). See the Obras Sueltas de Lope de Vega, vol. xviii. The countrywoman asks:—
Y que son Autos?
And the husband replies:—
Comedias a gloria y honor del pan Que tan devota celebra Esta coronada villa.