And say, thou gallant knight, That donn’st thine armour bright, If steed or arms or war So winning are. And say, thou shepherd hind, That bravest storm and wind, If flocks or vales or hill afar So winning are.[454] [454] Muy graciosa es la doncella: Como es bella y hermosa! Digas tú, el marinero, Que en las naves vivias, Si la nave ó la vela ó la estrella Es tan bella. Digas tú, el caballero, Que las armas vestías, Si el caballo ó las armas ó la guerra Es tan bella. Digas tú, el pastorcico, Que el ganadico guardas, Si el ganado ó las valles ó la sierra Es tan bella. Vicente, Obras, Tom. I. p. 61. And so ends this incongruous drama;[455] a strange union of the spirit of an ancient mystery and of a modern _vaudeville_, but not without poetry, and not more incongruous or more indecorous than the similar dramas which, at the same period, and in other countries, found a place in the princely halls of the most cultivated, and were listened to with edification in monasteries and cathedrals by the most religious. [455] It is in the Hamburg edition (Tom. I. pp. 36-62); but though it properly ends, as has been said, with the song to the Madonna, there is afterwards, by way of _envoi_, the following _vilancete_, (“_por despedida ó vilancete seguinte_,”) which is curious as showing how the theatre was, from the first, made to serve for immediate excitement and political purposes; since the _vilancete_ is evidently intended to stir up the noble company present to some warlike enterprise in which their services were wanted, probably against the Moors of Africa, as King Manoel had no other wars. To the field! To the field! Cavaliers of emprise! Angels pure from the skies Come to help us and shield. To the field! To the field! With armour all bright, They speed down their road, On man call, on God, To succour the right. To the field! To the field! Cavaliers of emprise, Angels pure from the skies Come to help us and shield. To the field! To the field! A la guerra, Caballeros esforzados; Pues los angeles sagrados A socorro son en tierra. A la guerra! Con armas resplandecientes Vienen del cielo volando, Dios y hombre apelidando En socorro de las gentes. A la guerra, Caballeros esmerados; Pues los angeles sagrados A socorro son en tierra. A la guerra! Vicente, Obras, Tom. I. p 62. A similar tone is more fully heard in the spirited little drama entitled “The Exhortation to War,” performed 1513.