Note 352 — III The Sixteenth Century [1502-80]
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For instance, when the Angel has announced in Spanish las alegres nuevas, the goatherd, ratinho, Mendo, says: A din Rey, a din Rey ay! Que estou amorrinhentado, Acudame algum Cristom ou Sancristom. Laureano, the shepherd, speaks Portuguese and Spanish, and Silvia says: Porque o que sinto quisera Dizelo em bom Portugues. An Auto e Colloquio do Nascimento de Christo (1646) attributed to Francisco Lopes was reprinted in 1676.