DOÑA ANA

Justo será que lo sean
El Conde y doña Ana.

CONDE

Aquí
Puso fin á la comedia
Quien, si perdiere este pleito, [2690]
Apela á Mil y Quinientas.
Mil y quinientas ha escrito:
Bien es que perdón merezca.

NOTES

ACT I

[a. ]Ronda. A city of about 20,000 in Southern Spain, founded by the Romans and occupied for many centuries by the Moors. On account of its history and its natural beauty it is one of the most interesting cities in Spain.

[1.] Es cosa... de risa, It is enough to make one die of laughter.

[3.] Lüisa, spelled with the dieresis for metrical reasons.