FOOTNOTES:[116](Sr. D. Francisco Rodríguez Marín—who holds that the character of Galatea "is not and cannot be" intended to represent Cervantes's future wife—points to this passage in confirmation of his view: see his valuable monograph entitledLuis Barahona de Soto, Estudio biográfico, bibliográfico y crítico(Madrid, 1903), p. 119. In this distinguished scholar's opinion, the wordsel rabadán mayorapply to Philip II., and, by way of illustration, he quotes Lope de Vega's brilliantromancewritten to celebrate the wedding of Philip III. and Margaret of Austria:El gran rabadán al reinoVino de Valladolid,Con galanes labradoresY más floridos que abril.Galatea, as Sr. Rodríguez Marín believes, was a lady about the court who could not marry without the King's permission—a permission unnecessary for anyone in the modest social position of Doña Catalina de Palacios Salazar y Vozmediano. But compare theIntroductionto the present volume, pp. xxxii.-xxxiii. J. F.-K.)
FOOTNOTES:[116](Sr. D. Francisco Rodríguez Marín—who holds that the character of Galatea "is not and cannot be" intended to represent Cervantes's future wife—points to this passage in confirmation of his view: see his valuable monograph entitledLuis Barahona de Soto, Estudio biográfico, bibliográfico y crítico(Madrid, 1903), p. 119. In this distinguished scholar's opinion, the wordsel rabadán mayorapply to Philip II., and, by way of illustration, he quotes Lope de Vega's brilliantromancewritten to celebrate the wedding of Philip III. and Margaret of Austria:El gran rabadán al reinoVino de Valladolid,Con galanes labradoresY más floridos que abril.Galatea, as Sr. Rodríguez Marín believes, was a lady about the court who could not marry without the King's permission—a permission unnecessary for anyone in the modest social position of Doña Catalina de Palacios Salazar y Vozmediano. But compare theIntroductionto the present volume, pp. xxxii.-xxxiii. J. F.-K.)
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[116](Sr. D. Francisco Rodríguez Marín—who holds that the character of Galatea "is not and cannot be" intended to represent Cervantes's future wife—points to this passage in confirmation of his view: see his valuable monograph entitledLuis Barahona de Soto, Estudio biográfico, bibliográfico y crítico(Madrid, 1903), p. 119. In this distinguished scholar's opinion, the wordsel rabadán mayorapply to Philip II., and, by way of illustration, he quotes Lope de Vega's brilliantromancewritten to celebrate the wedding of Philip III. and Margaret of Austria:El gran rabadán al reinoVino de Valladolid,Con galanes labradoresY más floridos que abril.Galatea, as Sr. Rodríguez Marín believes, was a lady about the court who could not marry without the King's permission—a permission unnecessary for anyone in the modest social position of Doña Catalina de Palacios Salazar y Vozmediano. But compare theIntroductionto the present volume, pp. xxxii.-xxxiii. J. F.-K.)
[116](Sr. D. Francisco Rodríguez Marín—who holds that the character of Galatea "is not and cannot be" intended to represent Cervantes's future wife—points to this passage in confirmation of his view: see his valuable monograph entitledLuis Barahona de Soto, Estudio biográfico, bibliográfico y crítico(Madrid, 1903), p. 119. In this distinguished scholar's opinion, the wordsel rabadán mayorapply to Philip II., and, by way of illustration, he quotes Lope de Vega's brilliantromancewritten to celebrate the wedding of Philip III. and Margaret of Austria:
El gran rabadán al reinoVino de Valladolid,Con galanes labradoresY más floridos que abril.
El gran rabadán al reinoVino de Valladolid,Con galanes labradoresY más floridos que abril.
El gran rabadán al reinoVino de Valladolid,Con galanes labradoresY más floridos que abril.
Galatea, as Sr. Rodríguez Marín believes, was a lady about the court who could not marry without the King's permission—a permission unnecessary for anyone in the modest social position of Doña Catalina de Palacios Salazar y Vozmediano. But compare theIntroductionto the present volume, pp. xxxii.-xxxiii. J. F.-K.)