His eclogues 25 His cantigas 30 His romance of Menina e Moça 33 Christovaõ Falcaõ 39 Other ancient lyric poems 44 BOOK II. FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY UNTIL TOWARDS THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. CHAP. I. GENERAL VIEW OF THE POETIC AND RHETORICAL CULTIVATION OF THE PORTUGUESE DURING THE ABOVE PERIOD. Relation of Portuguese to Spanish poetry in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries 47 Causes of the continued cultivation of the Spanish language in Portugal 51 Religious and political character of the Portuguese during this period 54 CHAP. II. HISTORY OF PORTUGUESE POETRY AND ELOQUENCE FROM THE EPOCH OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ITALIAN STYLE, TILL TOWARDS THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Tranquil adoption of the Italian style 59 Saa de Miranda 61 General character of his poems 63 His eclogues 66 His epistles 71 His spiritual poems 74 His popular songs, &c. 76 His two prose comedies 78 Gil Vicente 85 General character of his dramatic prose 87 His autos, or spiritual dramas 90 His comedies, in a peculiar signification of the term 99 His tragi-comedies 101 His farces 103 Ferreira 111 General character of his poetry 114 His correct style of sonnet composition 117 His odes 119 His elegies 122 His eclogues 125 His epistles ibid His epigrams, &c. 130 His tragedy and his two prose comedies 132 Camoens 139 General character of his poetry 148