[2731]. Gozáis de tan cumplida preeminencia: the right to cover the head in the presence of the king was the special ceremonial distinction of the grandees of Spain.
The King's Letter, last line: if Quevedo had not made pauses in reading in order to hold his hearers in suspense, there would have been a punctuation mark after brazos but not after rey.
[3009]. mi villa: la Villa de la Torre de Juan Abad, in the Campo de Montiel, about one hundred miles from Madrid.
VOCABULARY
The sign ~ means a repetition of the word in black type at the beginning of the paragraph; thus, under acordar, "~ se" means acordarse.
a to, at, on, by, with, in, according to, within; as sign of personal object is not to be translated; ~ muerte o ~ vida it is life or death; ~ pesar de in spite of; ~ qué why; ~ no ser por were it not for; ~ través de across, through
abajo below, beneath
abalanzarse sobre rush impetuously at
abandonar abandon, forsake