[584] Crónica de D. Juan el Segundo, Año 1454, c. 2.
[585] Generaciones y Semblanzas, Cap. 33. Diego de Valera, who, like Guzman, just cited, had much personal intercourse with the king, gives a similar account of him, in a style no less natural and striking. “He was,” says that chronicler, “devout and humane; liberal and gentle; tolerably well taught in the Latin tongue; bold, gracious, and of winning ways. He was tall of stature, and his bearing was regal, with much natural ease. Moreover, he was a good musician; sang, played, and danced; and wrote good verses [trobaua muy bien]. Hunting pleased him much; he read gladly books of philosophy and poetry, and was learned in matters belonging to the Church.” Crónica de Hyspaña, Salamanca, 1495, folio, f. 89.
[586] Fernan Gomez de Cibdareal, Centon Epistolario, Ep. 20.
[587] They are commonly printed with the Works of Juan de Mena, as in the edition of Seville, 1534, folio, f. 104, but are often found elsewhere.
Amor, yo nunca pensé,
Que tan poderoso eras,
Que podrias tener maneras
Para trastornar la fé,
Fasta agora que lo sé.
Pensaba que conocido