Note 78 — 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.
Thomasina Ross translation
In his dedication of the Estrangeiros to Cardinal Henry, he says:—
A comedia qual he, tal vay, aldeaã e mal ataviada. Esta sò lembranza lhe fiz à partida, que se naõ desculpasse de querer as vezes arremedar Plauto e Terencio, &c.