'¡ Ay que ya presurosos Suben las largas naves, ay que tienden los brazos vigorosos á los remos, y encienden las mares espumosas por dó hienden! 'El Eolo derecho hinche la vela en popa, y larga entrada por el Herculeo estrecho con la punta acerada el gran padre Neptuno da á la Armada. '! Ay triste y aun te tiene el mal dulce regazo, ni llamado al mal que sobreviene no acorres! ¿ Ocupado no ves ya al puerto á Hercules sagrado? 'Acude, acorre, buela, trapasa el alta sierra, occupa el llano, no perdones la espuela, no dez paz á la mano, menea fulminando el hierro insano. '¡ Ay quánto de fatiga! ¡ Ay quanto de dolor está presente al que biste loriga, al Infante valiente, á hombres, y á caballos juntamente! 'Y, tu, Betis divino, de sangre agena y tuya amancillado, darás al mar vecino ¡ quanto yelmo quebrado! ¡ quanto cuerpo de nobles destrozado 'El furibondo Marte cinco luces las haces desordena, igual á cada parte: la sexta ¡ ay! te condena, ó cara patria, ó barbara cadena!'"] HERRERA, SAA DE MIRANDA, JORGE DE MONTEMAYOR, CASTILLEJO, THE DRAMATISTS. 1500-1567. HERRERA There are several other poets whose names belong to this age, of whom very little is known except by their works. Yet to complete the history of Spanish literary men, it will be necessary to mention what has come down to us. The first on the list is Herrera. Fernando Herrera was a native of Seville. We learn nothing of his family, and even the date of his birth is unknown. It is conjectured that he was born at the beginning of the sixteenth century. He was an ecclesiastic; but it is believed that he adopted this profession late in life, and we are ignorant of the position he held in the hierarchy, and of all the events of his life. It is believed that he died at a very advanced age; but when and where we are not told. In the midst of all these negatives as to events, we get at a few affirmatives with regard to his qualities. There is an inedited work, entitled "The illustrious Men, Natives of Seville," written by Rodrigo Caro, who thus mentions him:--"Herrera was so well known in his native town of Seville, and his memory is so regarded there, that I may be considered in fault if my account of his works is brief: however, I will repeat all I have heard without futile additions, for I knew, though I never spoke to him,--I being a boy when he was an old man; but I remember the reputation he enjoyed. He understood Latin perfectly, and wrote several epigrams in that language, which might rival the most famous ancient authors in thought and expression. He possessed only a moderate knowledge of Greek. He read the best authors in the modern languages, having studied them with care; and to this he added a profound knowledge of Castilian, carefully noting its powers of expressing with nobleness and grandeur. He evidently wrote prose with great care, since his prose is the best in our language. As to his Spanish poetry, to which his genius chiefly impelled him, the best