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

Note 313 — 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

The fame of this Bahia must at last have totally died away. Barbosa Machado does not mention him. The editor of the Fenix renascida seems, however, to have entertained a particular partiality for this rhymester; for Bahia’s witticisms occupy a considerable portion of that work.

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