Una oración se fragua funebre, que es un sermón de Berberia. Panegírico es que digo al agua, y era emponomio Horténsico me quejo. But ‘the king of preachers and the preacher of kings,’ though ready enough to attack others, was not disposed to share this privilege: and he had Philip’s ear. Calderón was arrested. As the jibe does not appear in the text of _El Príncipe constante_, possibly the author was released on the understanding that the offensive passage should be omitted from any printed edition; but it is just as likely that Calderón, who had not a shade of rancour in his nature, voluntarily struck out the lines when the play was published after Paravicino’s death, which occurred in 1633. The escapade does not appear to have damaged him in any way, and his fame grew rapidly. The chronology of his plays is not yet determined, but it is certain that his activity at this period was remarkable. It seems probable that he collaborated with Pérez de Montalbán and Antonio Coello in _El Privilegio de las mugeres_ during the visit of the Prince of Wales (afterwards Charles I.) and Buckingham to Madrid in 1623; _El Sitio de Bredá_ was no doubt written soon after the surrender on June 8, 1625; _La Dama duende_ is not later than 1629, _La Cena de Baltasar_ was performed at Seville in 1632, in which year also _La Banda y la flor_ was produced and _El Astrólogo fingido_ was printed; _Amor, honor y poder_ with _La Devoción de la Cruz_ and _Un Castigo en tres venganzas_ were issued in a pirated edition in 1634. Two years later Philip IV. was so enchanted with _Los tres mayores prodigios_ (a poor piece given at the Buen Retiro) that he resolved to admit Calderón to the Order of Santiago. The official _pretensión_ was granted on July 3, 1636, and the robe was bestowed on April 8, 1637. In 1636 twelve of Calderón’s plays were issued by his brother José, who published twelve more in 1637. These two volumes raised the writer’s reputation immensely, and well they might; for, besides _La Dama duende_ and _La Devoción de la Cruz_ (already mentioned), the first volume contained, amongst other plays, _La Vida es sueño_, _Casa con dos puertas_, _El Purgatorio de San Patricio_, _Peor está que estaba_, and _El Príncipe constante_; while the second volume, besides _El Astrólogo fingido_ (already mentioned) contained _El Galán fantasma_, _El Médico de su honra_, _El Hombre pobre todo es trazas_, _Á secreto agravio secreta venganza_, and the typical show-piece _El mayor encanto amor_.