[325] Lope de Vega, Obras Sueltas, Tom. IV. p. 410.

[326] Comedias, Tom. XX., Madrid, 1629, ff. 177, etc. It is entitled “Tragedia Famosa.”

[327] It is worth while to compare Suetonius, (Books V. and VI.), and the “Crónica General,” (Parte I. c. 110 and 111), with the corresponding passages in the “Roma Abrasada.” In one passage of Act III., Lope uses a ballad, the first lines of which occur in the first act of the “Celestina.”

[328] This scene is in the second act, and forms that part of the play where Nero enacts the gracioso.

[329] Comedias, Tom. XI., Barcelona, 1618, ff. 121, etc.

[330]

D. Leo.

Principe, qu’ en paz, y en guerra,

Te llama perfeto el mundo,

Oye una muger!