The other poetic works of this prolific writer, must be very briefly noticed; for to give any thing like a particular account of them would require the space of a considerable volume.[381] In epic poetry he maintained an unsuccessful contest with Tasso. His _Jerusalem Conquistada_,[382] consists indeed of twenty cantos in octaves, and contains some beautiful passages, but it will in no respect bear a comparison with the Italian poem. Lope de Vega also augmented the number of the continuers of Ariosto’s Orlando, by the publication of _La Hermosura de Angelica_,[383] (the Beauty of Angelica), which is also a narrative poem in twenty cantos, though shorter than those of the Jerusalem. His other attempts at epic composition are--_La Corona Tragica_,[384] (the Tragic Crown), or the history of the unfortunate Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland; and the _Circe_ and _Dragontea_.[385] The _Corona Tragica_ is full of furious invective against the protestants and against Queen Elizabeth in particular.[386] The hero of the _Dragontea_ is Admiral Drake, who is introduced in this poem as the tool of Satan, in order that he may finally serve as an example of poetic justice. To compete with Sanazzar, Lope wrote a second Arcadia,[387] in the style of the Italian. He likewise wrote several poems, which may be called eclogues in the proper sense of the term. His _Arte Nueva de Hazer Comedias_, (New Art of Writing Comedies), is a humorous satire on his opponents under the appearance of ridiculing himself.[388] He anonymously supplied the _Romancero General_ with thirty-six romances.[389] His spiritual poems are to be found in great profusion; and the number of his sonnets, some of which possess first-rate merit, is considerable. His _Laurel de Apolo_, a Eulogy on various Spanish Poets, which has been frequently quoted, is but an indifferent production.[390] His epistles are sufficiently numerous. Among his miscellaneous poems, those of the comic kind have most originality, as for example: _La Gatomachia_, (the Battle of Cats),[391] and the whole collection of miscellaneous poems which he published under the assumed name of the Licentiate Tomè de Burguillos.[392] Among his most celebrated prose works, are _El Peregrino en su Patria_, (the Stranger in his own Country), a tolerably long novel.[393] _Dorothea_, a dramatic story, or as it is called, _Accion en Prosa_;[394] and a Collection of Novels.[395] THE BROTHERS LEONARDO DE ARGENSOLA.