Chapter 27

LOPE DE VEGA.

LOPE DE VEGA.

His Career and that of Cervantes compared189Epithets of Praise heaped on him190His Birth1562.190His Parentage191His Boyhood191An Adventure related of him while at School192He becomes the Protégé of Geronimo Manrique, the GrandInquisitor193He enters the University of Alcala193He enters the Service of the Duke of Alva194His "Arcadia;" a Detail of the Story195Publication of the "Arcadia"1598.198Lope de Vega leaves the Duke's Service198His Marriage199He is engaged in a Duel, which causes him to go to Valencia199He returns to Madrid; Death of his Wife200He becomes a Soldier, and joins the Invincible Armada1588.200His Eclogue to Claudio200His Sonnets1604.200A Translation of two of his Sonnets202Some Account of his "Dorotea"204Sanguine Expectations of the Invincible Armada209Piratical Expeditions of Drake and Hawkins excite theAnimosity and Vengeance of the Spaniards209An animated Description of the setting forth of the InvincibleArmada, by Lope de Vega210He composes "The Beauty of Angelica"210He returns from the Armada, and enters the Service of CountLemos1590.211His second Marriage211His Work, "The True Lover"1620.212Extracts from his Epistles213Uncertain Dates of the various Events of his Life216Canonisation of St. Isidro1598.217The Reputation of Lope de Vega awakens the Enmity ofRivals and Critics217His War with Gongora218His unexampled Popularity1616.219His Novel1621.219His "Soliloquies on God"220His Poem on the Death of Mary Queen of Scots220Exaggerated Account of the Quantity of his Writings220Anecdote of him and Montalvan221Extract from his Poems222His Presentiments of his approaching Dissolution1635.225(18th of August) His Death226His Funeral226His Person227His Character227The "Dragon tea"228The "Jerusalem"229Difficulties of establishing the Theatre in Spain230Spanish Theatres231Analysis of the "Star of Seville," by Lord Holland233Sacred Dramas and Autos Sacramentales of Lope de Vega235Incongruities of his Plots236

His Career and that of Cervantes compared

189

Epithets of Praise heaped on him

190

His Birth

1562.

190

His Parentage

191

His Boyhood

191

An Adventure related of him while at School

192

He becomes the Protégé of Geronimo Manrique, the GrandInquisitor

193

He enters the University of Alcala

193

He enters the Service of the Duke of Alva

194

His "Arcadia;" a Detail of the Story

195

Publication of the "Arcadia"

1598.

198

Lope de Vega leaves the Duke's Service

198

His Marriage

199

He is engaged in a Duel, which causes him to go to Valencia

199

He returns to Madrid; Death of his Wife

200

He becomes a Soldier, and joins the Invincible Armada

1588.

200

His Eclogue to Claudio

200

His Sonnets

1604.

200

A Translation of two of his Sonnets

202

Some Account of his "Dorotea"

204

Sanguine Expectations of the Invincible Armada

209

Piratical Expeditions of Drake and Hawkins excite theAnimosity and Vengeance of the Spaniards

209

An animated Description of the setting forth of the InvincibleArmada, by Lope de Vega

210

He composes "The Beauty of Angelica"

210

He returns from the Armada, and enters the Service of CountLemos

1590.

211

His second Marriage

211

His Work, "The True Lover"

1620.

212

Extracts from his Epistles

213

Uncertain Dates of the various Events of his Life

216

Canonisation of St. Isidro

1598.

217

The Reputation of Lope de Vega awakens the Enmity ofRivals and Critics

217

His War with Gongora

218

His unexampled Popularity

1616.

219

His Novel

1621.

219

His "Soliloquies on God"

220

His Poem on the Death of Mary Queen of Scots

220

Exaggerated Account of the Quantity of his Writings

220

Anecdote of him and Montalvan

221

Extract from his Poems

222

His Presentiments of his approaching Dissolution

1635.

225

(18th of August) His Death

226

His Funeral

226

His Person

227

His Character

227

The "Dragon tea"

228

The "Jerusalem"

229

Difficulties of establishing the Theatre in Spain

230

Spanish Theatres

231

Analysis of the "Star of Seville," by Lord Holland

233

Sacred Dramas and Autos Sacramentales of Lope de Vega

235

Incongruities of his Plots

236

VICENTE ESPINEL. ESTEVAN DE VILLEGAS.

VICENTE ESPINEL. ESTEVAN DE VILLEGAS.

The Poetry of Spain238Birth of Vicente Espinel1544.239His Parentage239His Death1634.240Birth of Estévan Manuel de Villégas, named the Anacreon ofSpain1595.240His Parentage240His original Anacreontics published1618.240His Marriage1626.241His Death1669.241Translation of one of his Sapphics242

The Poetry of Spain

238

Birth of Vicente Espinel

1544.

239

His Parentage

239

His Death

1634.

240

Birth of Estévan Manuel de Villégas, named the Anacreon ofSpain

1595.

240

His Parentage

240

His original Anacreontics published

1618.

240

His Marriage

1626.

241

His Death

1669.

241

Translation of one of his Sapphics

242

GONGORA.

GONGORA.

(11th of July.) His Birth1561.243His Parentage243A cursory Review of his Life243(24th of May.) His Death1627.244His Person and Disposition245His early Poetry245His Style245His "Song of Catherine of Arragon"246Extract from his Songs247His System248Quotations from Lope de Vega, showing the Absurdity ofGongora's Style248The "Polyphemus" of Gongora252Extract from his "Solitudes"252

(11th of July.) His Birth

1561.

243

His Parentage

243

A cursory Review of his Life

243

(24th of May.) His Death

1627.

244

His Person and Disposition

245

His early Poetry

245

His Style

245

His "Song of Catherine of Arragon"

246

Extract from his Songs

247

His System

248

Quotations from Lope de Vega, showing the Absurdity ofGongora's Style

248

The "Polyphemus" of Gongora

252

Extract from his "Solitudes"

252

QUEVEDO.

QUEVEDO.

The Talent and Genius of the Spaniards during the fourteenthand fifteenth Centuries255Their Energies and Genius blighted by the Infamy of thePolitical Institutions256(September.) Birth of Quevedo1580.256His Parentage256He enters the University of Alcalà256A Circumstance occurs which obliges him to quit the Court257He takes refuge in Italy258Don Pedro Giron Duke of Osuna258His Character258The Court of Philip III.258Quevedo sent as Ambassador to Madrid259His Success; a Pension bestowed on him259Duke of Osuna advanced to the Viceroyalty of Naples; hisVictories over the Turks259The Spanish Power threatens to become omnipotent in Italy260Charles Emanuel endeavours to make head against it260The Duke of Osuna opposes the Venetians260The lawless and dishonourable Means he takes260He protects the Uscocchi against the Venetians260The Merchants of Naples and the French make Representationsat the Court of Madrid in consequence260Osuna ordered to suspend Hostilities260The Bedmar Conspiracy1618.261Quevedo and Osuna supposed to be implicated in the Plot262Quevedo escapes from Venice262Osuna continues Viceroy of Naples; he is suspected ofintending to arrogate Power independent of the King263He is ordered to return to Madrid263Cautious proceedings of the Court with respect to him264Cardinal Don Gaspar de Borgia is named his Successor264Return of Osuna to Spain264His Imprisonment and Death1624.264Quevedo, his attachment to Osuna1620.264He is suspected of participating in his treasonable Designs265His Imprisonment in consequence265His Liberation265He is made Secretary to the King1632.266He leaves the Church, and marries1634.266His Wife dies266His own Words, alluding to his evil Fate267He is suspected of being the Author of certain Libels; isarrested and imprisoned in Consequence1641.268Two Letters of his269His Memorial to Count Olivarez270His Liberation271(September 8th.) His Death1647.272His Person272His Character272His Style273A singular Circumstance appertaining to his literary Career274Critique on his Prose Writings275His "Vision of Calvary"276His "Alguazil possessed"277

The Talent and Genius of the Spaniards during the fourteenthand fifteenth Centuries

255

Their Energies and Genius blighted by the Infamy of thePolitical Institutions

256

(September.) Birth of Quevedo

1580.

256

His Parentage

256

He enters the University of Alcalà

256

A Circumstance occurs which obliges him to quit the Court

257

He takes refuge in Italy

258

Don Pedro Giron Duke of Osuna

258

His Character

258

The Court of Philip III.

258

Quevedo sent as Ambassador to Madrid

259

His Success; a Pension bestowed on him

259

Duke of Osuna advanced to the Viceroyalty of Naples; hisVictories over the Turks

259

The Spanish Power threatens to become omnipotent in Italy

260

Charles Emanuel endeavours to make head against it

260

The Duke of Osuna opposes the Venetians

260

The lawless and dishonourable Means he takes

260

He protects the Uscocchi against the Venetians

260

The Merchants of Naples and the French make Representationsat the Court of Madrid in consequence

260

Osuna ordered to suspend Hostilities

260

The Bedmar Conspiracy

1618.

261

Quevedo and Osuna supposed to be implicated in the Plot

262

Quevedo escapes from Venice

262

Osuna continues Viceroy of Naples; he is suspected ofintending to arrogate Power independent of the King

263

He is ordered to return to Madrid

263

Cautious proceedings of the Court with respect to him

264

Cardinal Don Gaspar de Borgia is named his Successor

264

Return of Osuna to Spain

264

His Imprisonment and Death

1624.

264

Quevedo, his attachment to Osuna

1620.

264

He is suspected of participating in his treasonable Designs

265

His Imprisonment in consequence

265

His Liberation

265

He is made Secretary to the King

1632.

266

He leaves the Church, and marries

1634.

266

His Wife dies

266

His own Words, alluding to his evil Fate

267

He is suspected of being the Author of certain Libels; isarrested and imprisoned in Consequence

1641.

268

Two Letters of his

269

His Memorial to Count Olivarez

270

His Liberation

271

(September 8th.) His Death

1647.

272

His Person

272

His Character

272

His Style

273

A singular Circumstance appertaining to his literary Career

274

Critique on his Prose Writings

275

His "Vision of Calvary"

276

His "Alguazil possessed"

277

CALDERON.

CALDERON.

Misrule and Oppression destroy the Spirit and Intellect of Spain278Luzan278Moratin278Birth of Calderon1601.279His illustrious Descent279He enters the University of Salamanca279He leaves Salamanca1620.280He enters the Military Service1626.280He serves in the Milanese and Flanders280He is recalled to Court1637.280Innumerable Dramas appear under the patronage of Philip IV.280He summons Calderon to his Court281Marriage of Philip VI. with Maria Ana of Austria1650.281Calderon quits the military Career, and becomes a Priest281He becomes Chaplain to the Royal Chapel at Toledo1654.282(May 29th.) His Death1687.282His Character282Characteristics of his Plays283Character of his Poetry285

Misrule and Oppression destroy the Spirit and Intellect of Spain

278

Luzan

278

Moratin

278

Birth of Calderon

1601.

279

His illustrious Descent

279

He enters the University of Salamanca

279

He leaves Salamanca

1620.

280

He enters the Military Service

1626.

280

He serves in the Milanese and Flanders

280

He is recalled to Court

1637.

280

Innumerable Dramas appear under the patronage of Philip IV.

280

He summons Calderon to his Court

281

Marriage of Philip VI. with Maria Ana of Austria

1650.

281

Calderon quits the military Career, and becomes a Priest

281

He becomes Chaplain to the Royal Chapel at Toledo

1654.

282

(May 29th.) His Death

1687.

282

His Character

282

Characteristics of his Plays

283

Character of his Poetry

285

THE EARLY POETS OF PORTUGALRIBEYRO—GIL VICENTE—SAA DE MIRANDA—FERREIRA.

THE EARLY POETS OF PORTUGALRIBEYRO—GIL VICENTE—SAA DE MIRANDA—FERREIRA.

Original Portuguese Tongue288Alphonso Henriquez, Founder of the Portuguese Monarchy288Portuguese Poetry289Bartolomeo Diaz doubles the Cape of Good Hope1487.289Vasco de Gama visits the Shores of India289A Portuguese Kingdom founded in Hindostan290Bernardim Ribeyro, the Ennius of Portugal290Saa de Miranda, Founder of Portuguese Poetry291Gil Vicente, the Portuguese Plautus292Antonio Ferreira, the Portuguese Horace292His Death1569.293His Style293

Original Portuguese Tongue

288

Alphonso Henriquez, Founder of the Portuguese Monarchy

288

Portuguese Poetry

289

Bartolomeo Diaz doubles the Cape of Good Hope

1487.

289

Vasco de Gama visits the Shores of India

289

A Portuguese Kingdom founded in Hindostan

290

Bernardim Ribeyro, the Ennius of Portugal

290

Saa de Miranda, Founder of Portuguese Poetry

291

Gil Vicente, the Portuguese Plautus

292

Antonio Ferreira, the Portuguese Horace

292

His Death

1569.

293

His Style

293

CAMOENS.

CAMOENS.

Camoens and Cervantes, their Destiny similar in many Respects295The "Lusiad," Translation of it1817.295Origin of the Family of Camoens295Derivation of his Name296Vasco Perez de Camoens takes the Part of Castile againstPortugal1370.297Birth of Camoens1524.298Foundation of the University of Coimbra by King Diniz1308.299Camoens enters the University of Coimbra1537.300Extract from his fourth Canzone301Another Extract from another301He leaves Coimbra1545.302His Arrival at Court302He falls in Love; his Sonnet in Commemoration of thisOccasion303The Poetry of Camoens and Petrarch compared304Translations of Camoens' Sonnets, by Doctor Southey306Exile of Camoens from the Palace306Writes several of his Lyrics during his Banishment307Lord Strangford's Translation of an Elegy written at thisTime307Bravery of Camoens while with the Troops at Ceuta1550.310Loses one of his Eyes in a naval Engagement in the Straits ofGibraltar310He embarks for India1553.310Don Alfonso de Noronha, Viceroy of Goa312Camoens joins the Armament sent from Goa against the Kingof Cochin312Returns to Goa312Death of Antonio de Noronha312Camoens' Letter to a Friend, inclosing a Sonnet and Elegy onhis Death313Dom Pedro Mascarenhas succeeds Noronha in the Viceroyaltyof Goa1554.315Cruising of the Mahometans detrimental to the Portuguese315Expedition of de Vasconcellos to protect the Merchantmen315Camoens joins this Expedition315Returns to Goa, and writes his ninth Canzone1555.315Extortion and Tyranny of the Portuguese Government316Causes Camoens to write his Satire, "Follies of India"316Departs from Goa in the Fleet which Barreto despatched to theSouth1556.317Is appointed Commissary317Description of Camoens' Grotto at Macao318He composes the "Lusiad"318On his Return to Goa he is wrecked on the River Mecon319Arrives at Goa; the Kindness with which he is received by thenew Governor, Dom Constantine de Braganza320Accused of Malversation in the Exercise of his Office at Macao320Extract from the "Lusiad"320Camoens pursues his military Career in India321He commemorates the Death of Dona Catarina de Atayde322Pedro Barreto appointed Governor of Sofala in theMozambique323Camoens accompanies him323His dependent State323Quarrels with Barreto323Arrival of his Indian Friends, who supply his Wants, andinvite him to accompany them324Barreto refuses to let him go until he paid 200 Ducats324He accompanies his Friends home325Arrives at Lisbon1569.325The Plague at Lisbon325Political State of the Kingdom disadvantageous to Camoens325The "Lusiad" published1571.326Melancholy Circumstances attending the last Days ofCamoens327Defeat of Sebastian in Africa1578.328Its Effect on Camoens328Last Scene of Camoens' Life1579.328His Tomb329His Person329A Review of his Life330Extract from the "Lusiad," and a Critique on it332

Camoens and Cervantes, their Destiny similar in many Respects

295

The "Lusiad," Translation of it

1817.

295

Origin of the Family of Camoens

295

Derivation of his Name

296

Vasco Perez de Camoens takes the Part of Castile againstPortugal

1370.

297

Birth of Camoens

1524.

298

Foundation of the University of Coimbra by King Diniz

1308.

299

Camoens enters the University of Coimbra

1537.

300

Extract from his fourth Canzone

301

Another Extract from another

301

He leaves Coimbra

1545.

302

His Arrival at Court

302

He falls in Love; his Sonnet in Commemoration of thisOccasion

303

The Poetry of Camoens and Petrarch compared

304

Translations of Camoens' Sonnets, by Doctor Southey

306

Exile of Camoens from the Palace

306

Writes several of his Lyrics during his Banishment

307

Lord Strangford's Translation of an Elegy written at thisTime

307

Bravery of Camoens while with the Troops at Ceuta

1550.

310

Loses one of his Eyes in a naval Engagement in the Straits ofGibraltar

310

He embarks for India

1553.

310

Don Alfonso de Noronha, Viceroy of Goa

312

Camoens joins the Armament sent from Goa against the Kingof Cochin

312

Returns to Goa

312

Death of Antonio de Noronha

312

Camoens' Letter to a Friend, inclosing a Sonnet and Elegy onhis Death

313

Dom Pedro Mascarenhas succeeds Noronha in the Viceroyaltyof Goa

1554.

315

Cruising of the Mahometans detrimental to the Portuguese

315

Expedition of de Vasconcellos to protect the Merchantmen

315

Camoens joins this Expedition

315

Returns to Goa, and writes his ninth Canzone

1555.

315

Extortion and Tyranny of the Portuguese Government

316

Causes Camoens to write his Satire, "Follies of India"

316

Departs from Goa in the Fleet which Barreto despatched to theSouth

1556.

317

Is appointed Commissary

317

Description of Camoens' Grotto at Macao

318

He composes the "Lusiad"

318

On his Return to Goa he is wrecked on the River Mecon

319

Arrives at Goa; the Kindness with which he is received by thenew Governor, Dom Constantine de Braganza

320

Accused of Malversation in the Exercise of his Office at Macao

320

Extract from the "Lusiad"

320

Camoens pursues his military Career in India

321

He commemorates the Death of Dona Catarina de Atayde

322

Pedro Barreto appointed Governor of Sofala in theMozambique

323

Camoens accompanies him

323

His dependent State

323

Quarrels with Barreto

323

Arrival of his Indian Friends, who supply his Wants, andinvite him to accompany them

324

Barreto refuses to let him go until he paid 200 Ducats

324

He accompanies his Friends home

325

Arrives at Lisbon

1569.

325

The Plague at Lisbon

325

Political State of the Kingdom disadvantageous to Camoens

325

The "Lusiad" published

1571.

326

Melancholy Circumstances attending the last Days ofCamoens

327

Defeat of Sebastian in Africa

1578.

328

Its Effect on Camoens

328

Last Scene of Camoens' Life

1579.

328

His Tomb

329

His Person

329

A Review of his Life

330

Extract from the "Lusiad," and a Critique on it

332

A.

ABDORBHAMAN III., his efforts forthe advancement of literature,III.4.Abreu, Duarte de, III.324.Acciajuolo, the seneschal, of Naples,I.142.Acquaviva, cardinal, III.125.Aga, Hassan, dey of Algiers, III.138.Aguirre, Lope de, III.110.Agyropylo, Giovanni, I.163.Alfieri, Vittorio, his birth and parentage,II.250. His early education;placed at a public schoolat Turin,252. System of educationpursued at the academy,253.Progress of his education,255.Circumstances of his life greatlyaltered,256. Anecdote characteristicof the obstinacy of hisdisposition,258. Visits his motherat Genoa,259. Admittedas ensign into the provincialregiment of Asti,260. VisitsRome and Naples under the careof an English catholic,261. Regardscoldly those objects whichrender Rome a city of absoluteenchantment,262. Visits Franceand England,263. Singularitiesof his character,261. Circumstancesof his entrance into Paris,265. His enthusiasm on visitingLondon,266. Becomes really inlove,267. Disappointed in amatrimonial project proposed tohim by his brother-in-law,268.Comes of age, according to thelaws of his country, and sets outon his travels with an income of1200l. a-year, and a large sumin ready money,268. VisitsEngland; his attachment to alady of rank,269. Is challengedby her husband,270. Leaves hisunworthy mistress, and pursueshis travels,271. Anecdote characteristicof the violence of histemper,272. Becomes a cavalierservente to a lady of rank,273.Determines to break off the disgracefulintercourse,274. Givesthe first token of the spirit ofcomposition, in a sonnet in commemorationof the freedom hehad acquired,274. At the ageof seven and twenty, enters intothe difficult engagement with thepublic and himself, to become thewriter of tragedies,275. Difficultieswhich he had to overcome,276. Resolves to pass six monthsin Tuscany, to learn, hear, andfeel Tuscan only,277. His laboursin literature confinedchiefly to formation of style,278.Commencement of his friendshipwith Gori,279. Commencementof his attachment to LouisaStolberg, countess of Albany,280.Energy and conciseness the distinguishingmarks of his dramas,282. Outline of his tragedy,entitled "Philip,"284. Takesup his residence at Rome,286.Remarks on his sacred dramas,287. His continued intimacywith the countess of Albany,288.Goes into voluntary exile, to preventany actual measures of prohibitionand banishment,290.Returns to Italy after two years,absence,291. Outline of histragedy, entitled "Myrrha,"292.Accompanies the countess ofAlbany to Paris, and establisheshimself there,293. Betakeshimself to writing the memoirsof his life,294. Remarks on histranslation of the Æneid,295.Driven from France by the revolutionof 1791,296. Returnsto Florence with the countess ofAlbany,297. His translation of"Sallust," an excellent specimenof style,293. At the age of forty-six,applies himself with ardourto the study of the Greek language,299. His melancholy increasedby the irritation causedby political events,300. His lastillness and death, in the fifty-sixthyear of his age,301. Translationfrom a sonnet, in which he describeshis own person,302.Alfonso, duke of Ferrara, I.207.Allegri, Francesco, I.145.Alphonso X., his zeal for literature;his poetry, III.11.Alphonso XI., his poems, III.12.Amalasunta, the Gothic queen ofSpain, III.3.Andrea, prince of Hungary, I.91.Angelo, Michael, I.34.Angulo, doctor Gregorio de, III.201.Antiquário, Jacopo, I.165.Aquinas, Thomas, I.9.Archimedes, II.3.Aretino, I.11.Ariosto, Ludovico, his birth, parentage,and early education, I.196. Composes a drama on thestory of Pyramus and Thisbe,197. Becomes eminent among hiscontemporaries for the criticalskill with which he elucidatedobscure passages in Horace andOvid,198. The golden age of hislife shortened by the death of hisfather,199. Obliged, at the ageof four and twenty, to turn fromquiet to active duties, and exchangeHomer for waste booksand ledgers,200. Remarks onhis satires,201. Courted, admired,applauded, and of course envied,in the first circle of Italiansociety, both for his conversation,his learning, and his poetry,202.Remarks on his work, entitled"Astolpho's Journey to theMoon,"203. Remarks on his"Orlando Furioso,"204. Sent bythe duke of Ferrara, as ambassadorto Rome, to pacify the wrath ofJulius II.,205. His second embassyto Rome, and uncourteous receptionfrom the pontiff,206. Singularmanner in which the dukeretaliates for the indignity shownto himself and his representative,207. Causes for the principalinterruptions in his literary labours,208. Refuses to accompanythe cardinal Hippolito tovisit his archbishopric in Segovia,209. His whimsical letter to hisbrother Alessandro on the subject,212. Persuaded to enterinto the service of the duke ofFerrara,217. His literary pursuitsretarded by his strugglesagainst the solicitudes, discomforts,and mortifications of narrowand precarious circumstances,218. His curious reasonsfor not taking priest's orders,219.Is patronised by Leo X.,219. Hisown account of Leo's ingratitude,220. Extracts from his satires,222. His description of his visitto Rome, and his specious receptionby Leo,223. Further extractsfrom his satires,224. Simple,yet facetious, style of hisfables,225. Appointed to thegovernment of Graffagnana, amountainous district, lying betweenModena and Lucca,226.Story of a rencontre with someof his uncouth neighbours,227.Extract from his Fifth Satire,229.Invited to accept a third embassyto Rome,230. His reason forrefusing, as given in the SeventhSatire,231. After three years,being released from the cares ofhis government, he returns withentire devotion of his time andtalents to the "Sacred College ofthe Muses,"232. Anecdote,characteristic at once of hisphlegm and his acuteness in hisart,233. Critique on his SevenSatires,233. His last illness anddeath,234. His person and character,236. No poet of any agehas more inseparably identifiedhis conception with his language,238. Impossibility of translatingthem,239. Anecdote of,241.Whimsical peculiarities of hispersonal habits,242. His lasthours,243. Monuments to hismemory,244. Remarks on hisworks in general,245. Reviewof his "Orlando Furioso,"250.Immoral tendency of his writings,254.Aristotle, II.5.Attila the Hun, I.2.Audibert de Noves, I.68.Ayala, III.12.


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