Note 354 — CHAP. II. HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE POETRY DURING THIS PERIOD.

I have seen two of these collections. The oldest, printed in the year 1746, is entitled, Operas Portuguezas que se representaram nos theatros publicos desta Corte, &c. It contains eight dramas in two octavo volumes. The latest collection is entitled Theatro comico Portuguez, ou Collecçaõ das Operas Portuguezas que se representaram, &c. in two octavo volumes, fourth edition, Lisbon, 1787. As to any merit which may be discovered in these collections they are nearly equal.