He who is happy in his native land, In Limar's limpid waters revelling, The cooling winds and the renownèd strand With his divinest verses gladdening,-- Let him come, straightway ye will understand From his spirit and discretion why I sing, For SANCHO DE RIBERA[182] everywhere Is Phoebus' self and Mars without a peer. A Homer new this vale of high renown Did once upon a time from Betis wrest, On whom of wit and gallantry the crown We can bestow--his greatness is confessed; The Graces moulded him to be their own, Heaven sendeth him in every grace the best, Your Tagus' banks already know his fame, PEDRO DE MONTESDOCA[183] is his name. Wonder the illustrious DIEGO DE AGUILAR[184] In everything the wish can ask inspires, A royal eagle he, who flieth far Unto a height whereto no man aspires; His pen 'mongst thousands wins the spoil of war, For before it the loftiest retires, Guanuco will his style, his valour tell Of such renown; Guanuco knows it well. A GONZALO FERNÁNDEZ[185] draweth near, A mighty captain in Apollo's host. In whose heroic name that hath no peer, SOTOMAYOR to-day doth make his boast; His verse is wondrous and his wisdom clear Where'er he is beheld from coast to coast, And if his pen doth so much joy afford, He is no less renownèd by his sword. HENRIQUE GARCÉS[186] the Peruvian land Enricheth. There with sweet melodious rhyme, With cunning, skilful, and with ready hand, In him the hardest task did highest climb; New speech, new praise he to the Tuscan grand Hath given in the sweet Spanish of our time; Who shall the greatest praises from him take, E'en though Petrarch himself again awake? FERNÁNDEZ DE PINEDA'S[187] talent rare And excellent, and his immortal vein Make him to be in no small part the heir Of Hippocrene's waters without stain; Since whatsoe'er he would therefrom, is ne'er Denied him, since such glory he doth gain In the far West, let him here claim the part He now deserveth for his mind and art. And thou that hast thy native Betis made, With envy filled, to murmur righteously, That thy sweet tuneful song hath been displayed Unto another earth, another sky, Noble JUAN DE MESTANZA,[188] undismayed Rejoice, for whilst the fourth Heaven shall supply Its light, thy name, resplendent in its worth, Shall be without a peer o'er all the earth.