[631] Two or three other poems are given by Ochoa: the “Pregunta de Nobles,” a sort of moral lament of the poet, that he cannot see and know the great men of all times; the “Doze Trabajos de Ercoles,” which has sometimes been confounded with the prose work of Villena bearing the same title; and the “Infierno de Enamoradas,” which was afterwards imitated by Garci Sanchez de Badajoz. All three are short and of little value.
[632] For example, Crónica de D. Juan el Segundo, Año 1435, Cap. 9.
[633] In the letter to Doña Violante de Pradas, he says he began it immediately after the battle.
[634] Speaking of the dialogue he heard about the battle, the Marquis says, using almost the very words of Dante,—
Tan pauroso,
Que solo en pensarlo me vence piedad.
[635] As a specimen of the best parts of the Comedieta, I copy the paraphrase from a manuscript, better, I think, than that used by Ochoa:—
ST. XVI.
Benditos aquellos, que, con el açada,
Sustentan sus vidas y biven contentos,