Note 193 — Chapter VI
Reading edition
One of the most spirited of these later ballads in the edition of 1573, begins thus (f. 373):—
Ay, Dios de mi tierra, Saqueis me de aqui! Ay, que Ynglaterra Ya no es para mi.
God of my native land, O, once more set me free! For here, on England’s soil, There is no place for me.
It was probably written by some homesick follower of Philip II.