Note 55 — Chapter XXXII
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It is a ballad about money (Espinosa, Flores, 1605, f. 30), and is the only thing I know by Diego de la Chica. I might add ballads by other authors, which are found where they would least be looked for; like one of by Rufo, in his “Apotegmas,”—one by Jauregui, in his “Rimas,”—and a beautiful one by Camoens, (Rimas, 1598, f. 187,) worthy of Góngora, and beginning,—
Irme quiero, madre, A aquella galera, Con el marinero A ser marinera.
I long to go, dear mother mine, Aboard yon galley fair, With that young sailor that I love, His sailor life to share.