Note 423 — III The Sixteenth Century [1502-80] (continued 2)
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One of the best instances of his pedantry is his comment on the lines E tu, nobre Lisboa, que no mundo Facilmente das outras es princesa. The ordinary reader is content to understand ‘cities’ after outras. But no, says Macedo, you can only understand Lisbons. Princess of all the other Lisbons!