History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 2 of 2)

Note 303 — CHAP. III. HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE POETRY AND ELOQUENCE, FROM THE LATTER YEARS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY UNTIL TOWARDS THE CLOSE OF THE SEVENTEENTH.

Thomasina Ross translation

There is only sufficient space for a short specimen of this prattling nonsense:—

Leva de amor privilegios E de Diana licenças Para castigo de brutos, Para encanto de bellezas. Contra as bellezas dos bosques, E os moradores das penhas Dos olhos fulmina rayos, E das maõs despede settas. Lastima, e horror a hum tempo Monte, e valle representa, Naquelle gemendo brutos, Neste suspirando Deosas; &c.

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