[Page 129].—l. 2. érades, i.e., erais.
l. 12. Fonte-frida, i.e., Fuente-fría.
[Page 130].—l. 8. From the Romancero general of 1604.
[BALTASAR DE ALCÁZAR]. A Sevillan poet with strongly marked epigrammatic tendencies, natural in tone and witty. Cf. ed. of his Poesías, Seville, 1878.
[Page 131].—l. 4. dalle, i.e., darle.
l. 28. efeto, i.e., efecto.
[MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA]. The author of the famous Don Quijote and a dramatist of considerable power, Cervantes does not occupy a high rank as a lyric poet. His Poesías sueltas—largely sonnets and occasional in their nature—may be found in vol. I of the Biblioteca de autores españoles, pp. 705 ff. Cf. Ticknor, I, 90 ff.; the biography by Fernández de Navarrete; and 368 his Obras completas (1863-64). The poems here printed occur in the Don Quijote.
[Page 133].—l. 5. This poem is found in the Don Quijote, I, chapter XXVII.
l. 17. repuna, i.e., repugna.
[Page 134].—l. 9. A canción from the Don Quijote, I, chapter XLIII.