Note 556 — III The Sixteenth Century [1502-80] (continued 3)

Macedo, quoted by Innocencio da Silva (iii. 176), alleged this to be a ‘faithful translation’ from Petrarca. Why Petrarca (1304-74) should praise Belem Convent and Coimbra University, refer to the recent death (1557) of King João III, or speak of ‘our’ Francisco de Hollanda we are not told. Pinto in a later dialogue, Da Tranquillidade da Vida, refers to Petrarca’s Vita Solitaria (Pt. 2, 1593 ed., f. 47 v.).