I have said more, O fair one,

By learning ’twas Rosa,

The charming milk-maiden

Of sweet Finojosa.

Translation of T. Roscoe.      Lope de Mendoza, 1398–1458.

SERVIAN.

SONG OF THE PEASANT’S WIFE.

Come, companion, let us hurry,

That we may be early home;

For my mother-in-law is cross!