History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 2 of 2)Bouterwek, Friedrich
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History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 2 of 2)
Bouterwek, Friedrich
Portuguese literature -- History and criticism; Spanish literature -- History and criticism
_Diabo._ Hi ha de homens roins
mais mil vezes que nam bõos,
como vos muy bem sentis.
E estes ham de comprar
disto que trago a vender,
que sam artes denganar
et cousas pera esquecer
o que deuiam lembrar:
que o sagaz mercador
ha de leuar ao mercado
o que lhe compram milhor,
porque a roim comprador
leuarlhe roim borcado.
[89] She tells, with a humorous simplicity, that her ungrateful husband
has robbed her garden of its fruits before they were ripe; that he
never does any thing, but leads a sottish life, eating and drinking all
day, &c.
Vayseme aas ameyxieyras
antes que sejam maduras,
elle quebra as cereygeyras,
elle vendima as parreyras,
et nam sey que faz das vuas.
Elle nam vay aa laurada,
elle todo dia come,
elle toda noyte dorme,
elle nam faz nunca nada
et sempre me diz que ha fome.
Jesu Jesu, posso te dizer
et jurar, et tresjurar,
et prouar, et reprouar,
et andar, et reuoluer,
que he milhor pera beber
que nam pera maridar.
O demo que o fez marido!
que assi seco como he
beberaa a torre da see,
entam arma hum arroydo
assi debayxo do pee.
[90] The words _Aquella he a minha froxa_ have a very comic effect in
the original Portuguese from the way in which they are introduced.
[91]
Faço te Duque e meu capitaõ
Dos reynos de mundo até sua fim;
Says Lucifer to Satan.
[92] It is a _Vilancete_ resembling the Spanish _Villancicos_.
Adoray montanhas
o Deos das alturas;
tambem as verduras
Adoray, desertos
et serras floridas,
o Deos dos secretos
o Senhor das vidas.
Ribeyras crecidas,
louuay nas alturas
Deos das criaturas.
Louuay aruoredos
de fruto prezado;
digam os penedos
Deos seja louuado.
E louue meu gado
nestas verduras
o Deos das alturas.
[93] The word _Floresta_ has a two-fold meaning. In Portuguese it
usually signifies a flower garden or a park. In Spanish it also bears
the meaning of the Italian _Foresta_. Gil Vicente so frequently
confounds Spanish and Portuguese together, that in the present instance
it is necessary to guess the meaning he wishes to attach to the word
_Floresta_, which seems to be that of a flower garden.
[94] Both converse in Spanish in the following extract.
_Filosofo._ Y porque la reprehension
a todos es enojosa,
me vi en grande passion
y me hecharon en prision
eu carcel muy tenebrosa.
No basto, mas en depua
de questo que oydo aueis,
solo por esto que digo
ataron ansi comigo
esto bono que aqui veis.
Que lo trayga desta suerte
al comer y al cenar
al dormir y platicar
esto sopena de muerte
que no lo pueda dexar
hasta el morir.
_Parvo._ Has te dir.
_Filo._ Nome dexaraas dezir
la causa que me ha traido.
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