Note 367 — III The Sixteenth Century [1502-80] (continued 2)

i.e. No. 3: De hvm almotacel borracho; No. 5: Dos conselhos de hvm letrado (a ratinho figures in this, as a ratiño figures in No. 17); No. 6: Do negro mais bem mandado (the escudeiro’s moço is here a negro who speaks in broken Portuguese, e.g. Zesu); No. 11: Dous cegos enganados; No. 13: Das padeiras de Lisboa (besides the bakeresses there is a meleiro (honey-seller), an alheiro with his braços of leeks, an azeiteiro, &c.), and No. 25. The titles of these plays sufficiently show their homely character.