Note 93 — 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
The word Floresta has a two-fold meaning. In Portuguese it usually signifies a flower garden or a park. In Spanish it also bears the meaning of the Italian Foresta. Gil Vicente so frequently confounds Spanish and Portuguese together, that in the present instance it is necessary to guess the meaning he wishes to attach to the word Floresta, which seems to be that of a flower garden.