The Jesuit DIOGO MONTEIRO (1561-1634), when towards the end of his life he published his _Arte de Orar_ (1631), promised, should his ‘great occupations’ allow, to print very soon the second volume dealing with the divine attributes. This did not appear in that generation: _Meditações dos attribvtos divinos_ (Roma, 1671). The _Arte de Orar_ contains twenty-nine treatises (604 ff.). Its subjects are various (of the virtue of magnificence; of the esteem in which singing is held by God, &c.), and they are presented with fervour and clear concision, and especially with a complete absence of oratorical effect. Quintilian takes part in one of the six dialogues which compose the _Peregrinaçam Christam_ (1620) by TRISTÃO BARBOSA DE CARVALHO (†1632); he is on a pilgrimage from Lisbon to the tomb of Saint Isabel at Coimbra, but he expresses himself in excellent Portuguese, modelled perhaps on that of Arraez. The prose of the _Retrato de Prvdentes, Espelho de Ignorantes_ (1664) by the Jesuit FRANCISCO AIRES (1597-1664) often rises to eloquence, notably in the fervent prayers. His _Theatro dos Trivmphos Divinos contra os Desprimores Hvmanos_ (1658) is of a more practical character. The Franciscan FREI MANUEL DOS ANJOS (1595-1653) laid no claim to originality in his _Politica predicavel e doutrina moral do bom governo do mundo_ (1693), written in a clear and correct but slightly redundant[575] style. FREI LUIS DOS ANJOS (_c._ 1570-1625) in his _Iardim de Portugal_ (1626) gathered edifying anecdotes of saintly women from various writers, and set them down in good Portuguese prose. The Franciscan FREI PEDRO DE SANTO ANTONIO (_c._ 1570-1641) in his _Iardim Spiritual, tirado dos Sanctos e Varoens spiritvaes_ (1632) contented himself with translation of his authorities, adding, he modestly says, ‘some things of my own of not much importance’. He carefully avoided interlarding his Portuguese with Latin, his object being _fazer prato a todos_. Even more humble is the work of the Cistercian FREI FRADIQUE ESPINOLA (_c._ 1630-1708), who compiled in his _Escola Decurial_ (12 pts., 1696-1721) an encyclopaedia of themes so various as the fate of King Sebastian, the duties of women, and the habits of storks. Although it lacks the literary pretensions of the _Divertimento erudito_ by the Augustinian FREI JOÃO PACHECO (1677-?1747), it contains some curious matter. A similar miscellany of anecdotes and precepts was written by João Baptista de Castro in the eighteenth century: _Hora de Recreio nas ferias de maiores estudos_ (2 pts., 1742, 3).