Note 707 — APPENDIX
Reading edition
This charm hangs over many anonymous lyrics of popular inspiration, as the Trovas da Menina Fermosa, seventeenth or eighteenth century variations of a sixteenth century song: Menina fermosa Dizei do que vem Que sejais irosa A quem vos quer bem; Porque se concerta Rosto e condiçam Dais por galardam A pena mui certa. Sendo tam fermosa Dizei, &c. Even less genuinely popular are the Trovas do Moleiro (1602), written by an obscure native of Tangier, Luis Brochado, and others.