[877] In the second coro.
[878] I suppose he changed his style about the time he went to court; and the very first of his sonnets in Espinosa’s “Flores” is proof that he had changed it as early as 1605.
[879] Jos. Pellicer, in his “Lecciones Solemnes,” (Madrid, 1630, 4to, col. 610-612 and 684), explains his position in relation to Góngora, and his trouble about finding the meaning of some passages in his works; thus justifying what the Prince of Esquilache said, probably in reference to these very commentaries:—
Un docto comentador
(El mas presumido digo)
Es el mayor enemigo
Que tener pudo el autor.
El Príncipe á su Libro.
[880] “Ilustracion y Defensa de la Fábula de Píramo y Tisbe de Christóval de Salazar Mardones,” Madrid, 1636, 4to.
[881] There is a notice of Coronel in Antonio, Bib. Nova. The three volumes of his commentary (Madrid, 4to, 1636-46) contain six or seven hundred pages each;—the second being divided into two parts. As a poet himself, he printed in Madrid, 1650, 4to, a volume which he called “Crystals from Helicon,” one of the worst productions of the school of Góngora.