Note 234 — CHAP. II. HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE POETRY AND ELOQUENCE FROM THE EPOCH OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ITALIAN STYLE, TILL TOWARDS THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. (continued 3)

The Ribeiras are here the streams which flow into the Mondego. As, however, the word ribeira also signifies a bank, the title of this unimportant romance may in translation be more conveniently expressed by the latter sense.