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J. Leander (John Leander) Starr translation
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Gaviota is the name of a sea-gull. It applies familiarly to the female scold, imprudent, stupid, and of harsh manners, indicated by the well-known proverb: “The sea-gull—the older she is, the louder she screams.”
[2] Brief name for Geronimo, in Andalusia.
[3] In poetry—the North Star.
[4] See note 1.
[5] See note 2.
[6] See note 3.
[7] See note 4.
[8] The place where they excite the bulls before the combat.
[9] The bull who leads the troop, and which they introduce into the arena to make the animal retire, when they would finish the combat.