V.
Vega, Garcilaso de la, his birth and
parentage, III. [37]. His early predilection
for poetry and music,
[38]. Commences his career of
arms in the war declared against
France by Charles V., [39]. Incurs
the displeasure of the
emperor, and is exiled to an
island of the Danube, [39]. His
ode in commemoration of his imprisonment
characteristic of his
disposition, [40]. Is recalled, and
attends the emperor in his expedition
against Tunis; is severely
wounded, [41]. Extract from one
of his elegies to Boscan, [42]. Appointed
by the emperor to command
eleven companies of infantry,
in the expedition against
France, [45]. Killed in an engagement
at Muy, near Fréjus, in
the thirty-third year of his age,
[46]. His person and character,
[47]. Review of his poetry, 48.
Mr. Wiffen's translation of his
ode "To the Flower of Gnido,"
[53].
Vega, Lope de, compared with
Cervantes, III. [189]. His birth
and parentage, [190]. Early indications
of talent, [191]. Anecdote
characteristic of his vivacious
disposition, [192]. His intimacy
with the grand inquisitor; enters
the university of Alcala, [193].
Enters the service of the duke
of Alva, [194]. Writes the "Arcadia"
at the request of the
duke of Alva, [195]. Style and
story of the poem, [196]. His
marriage, [198]. Engaged in a
duel, which obliges him to leave
Madrid, [199]. Returns to Madrid,
becomes a soldier, and joins the
In vincible Armada, [200]. Southey's
translation of his sonnets, [202].
Outline of his work entitled
"Dorotea," [204]. His animated
description of the setting forth of
the Armada, [208]. Writes the
"Beauty of Angelica" on the
deck of the San Juan, [210]. Story
of the poem, [211]. His extravagance
and prodigality, [210]. His
advice to his son, [212]. His
domestic afflictions, [214]. Leaves
the gaieties of secular life, and
prepares for the priesthood, [215]
Visits Toledo, and takes orders;
says his first mass in a Carmelite
church, [216]. Becomes a familiar
of the Inquisition, [216]. His rising
character as an author, [217].
His amiable character, [217]. Rises
higher and higher in the estimation
of the public, [219]. Writes a
poem on the death of Mary
queen of Scots, entitled "Corona
Tragica," which he dedicates to
the pope, [220]. Exaggeration with
regard to the number of verses
written by him, [221]. Anecdote
of, [221]. His epistles and other
poems a picture of the tranquillity
of his life as he advanced in age,
[222]. His amiable disposition and
placid temper, [224]. His last illness,
[225]. His death, 226. His
person and character, [227]. Review
of his writings, [228]. Analysis
of the "Star of Seville,"
[233].
Vella, Antonio de la, III. [140].
Velser, Mark, II. [25].
Vettori, Francesco, I. [292].
Veyga, Luis de, III. [324].
Viardôt, his exertions to discover
the yet hidden circumstances of
Cervantes' life, III. [121].
Vicente, Gil, styled the Portuguese
Plautus, III. [292]. Style of his
writings, [293].
Villalobos, physician of Charles V.,
one of the earliest of the Spanish
dramatists, III. [96].
Vellégas, Estévan Manuel de,
named the Anacreon of Spain,
III. [240]. His birth and parentage,
[240]. His death, [240]. His
translation
of Anacreon, [241]. Translation
of his original Anacreontics,
[2420].
Villena, the Marquis of, so celebrated
for his acquirements in
natural and metaphysical knowledge,
that he was looked on as
a magician, also admired as a
poet, III. [13].
Virgil, Marcellus, I. [257].
Visconti, Giovanni, I. [101].
Visconti, Galeazzo, I. [103].
Vitelli, Vitellozzo, I. [266].
Viviani, II. [68].
Voss, Gerard, II. [7].
W.
Wachenfels, II. [19].
Wiffen, Mr., his translation of
Garcilaso de la Vega's poems,
III. [49]. His translation of Luis
de Leon's ode on the Moorish
invasion, [79].
Z.
Zach, baron, II. [22].
Zeno, Apostolo, I. [168].;
II. [192].
Zenobio, I. [117].
Zuniga, doña Elena de, her marriage
with Garcilaso de la Vega,
III. [39].