Chapters on Spanish LiteratureFitzmaurice-Kelly, James
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Chapters on Spanish Literature
Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James
Spanish literature; Spanish literature -- History and criticism
[15] James Young Gibson, _The Cid Ballads, and other Poems and
Translations from Spanish and German_ (London, 1887).
[16] _Primavera_, No. 7; Durán, No. 606.
[17] _Orientales_, XVI. Victor Hugo may probably have heard of this
_romance_, and of the Lara _romance_ mentioned on pp. 91-92, through
his elder brother Abel, who gave prose translations of both ballads in
his _Romances historiques_ (Paris, 1822), pp. 11-12, 135-137.
[18] Durán, No. 586. Durán points out the absurd impropriety of the
line:—
Sabrás, mi florida Cava, que de ayer acá, no vivo.
The ending of this _romance_ is far better known than the beginning:—
Si dicen quien de los dos la mayor culpa ha tenido,
digan los hombres ‘La Cava,’ y las mujeres ‘Rodrigo.’
[19] _Primavera_, No. 13_a_; Durán, No. 654.
[20] Durán, No. 646. _The Complaint of the Count of Saldaña_, as
Lockhart entitles it, is from Durán, No. 625:—
Bañando está las prisiones con lágrimas que derrama.
_The Funeral of the Count of Saldaña_ is from Durán, No. 657:—
Hincado está de rodillas ese valiente Bernardo.
_Bernardo and Alphonso_ is from Durán, No. 655:—
Con solos diez de los suyos ante el Rey, Bernardo llega.
[21] Durán, No. 617.
[22] _Primavera_, No. 15; Durán, No. 700.
[23] _Primavera_, No. 17; Durán, No. 704.
[24] _Primavera_, No. 16; Durán, No. 703.
[25] Durán, No. 686.
No se puede llamar rey quien usa tal villanía.
[26] _Primavera_, No. 26; Durán, No. 691.
[27] _Primavera_, No. 19; Durán, No. 665.
[28] _Primavera_, No. 24.
[29] _Primavera_, No. 25.
[30] Durán, No. 721.
[31] _Primavera_, No. 27.
[32] _Primavera_, No. 29; Durán, No. 731.
[33] Durán, No. 732.
[34] Durán, No. 737.
[35] Durán, No. 738.
[36] Durán, No. 740.
[37] Durán, No. 742.
[38] Durán, No. 886. Lockhart begins at the line—
El rey aguardara al Cid como á bueno y leal vasallo.
[39] _Primavera_, No. 34; Durán, No. 756.
[40] _Primavera_, No. 30_b_; Durán, No. 733.
[41] The other two are (_a_) _Primavera_, No. 30:—
Cada dia que amanece veo quien mató á mi padre.
(b) _Primavera_, No. 61_a_, and Duran, No. 922:—
En Burgos está el buen rey don Alonso el Deseado.
[42] _Primavera_, No. 42_a_; Durán, No. 775.
[43] _Primavera_, No. 50; Durán, No. 1897.
[44] _Primavera_, No. 35; Durán, No. 762.
[45] _Primavera_, No. 45; Durán, No. 777.
[46] _Primavera_, No. 47; Durán, No. 791.
[47] _Primavera_, No. 54; Durán, No. 816.
[48] _Primavera_, No. 55; Durán No. 858.
[49] Durán, No. 935.
[50] Durán, No. 933.
[51] _Primavera_, No. 65; Durán, No. 966.
[52] _Primavera_, No. 68; Durán, No. 972.
[53] Durán, No. 978.
[54] Durán, No. 979.
[55] Durán, No. 981.
[56] _Primavera_, No. 101_a_; Durán, No. 1227.
[57] _Primavera_, No. 72; Durán, No. 1046.
[58] Durán, No. 1082.
[59] _Primavera_, No. 95; Durán, No. 1088.
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