[617] Pulgar, Claros Varones, ut supra.
[618] See the preceding [notice of Villena].
[619] In the Introduction to his Proverbs, he boasts of his familiarity with the Provençal rules of versifying.
[620] It is in the oldest Cancionero General, and copied from that into Faber’s “Floresta,” No. 87.
[621] The Serranas of the Arcipreste de Hita were noticed when speaking of his works; but the six by the Marquis of Santillana approach nearer to the Provençal model, and have a higher poetical merit. For their form and Structure, see Diez, Troubadours, p. 114. The one specially referred to in the text is so beautiful, that I add a part of it, with the corresponding portion of the one by Riquier.
Moza tan fermosa
Non vi en la frontera,
Como una vaquera
De la Finojosa.
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