[209] Or he would seek to obtain them through a friend as in the case of _o Cancioneiro do abade frei Martinho_ of Alcobaça. It is improbable that Resende, who valued friendship above good poetry, altered the manuscripts he received, in spite of Francisco de Sousa’s permission: _as quaes podeys enmendar_. [210] _Prologo._ ‘Had you forgotten that _trovas_ are still written in Portugal?’ asks Nuno Pereira of one of his victims; and of a dress it is said that it would be _certo de leuar Trouas de riso e mote_. Cf. the phrase _dar causa a trovadores_. [211] Or Albuquerque would be mentioned in a game of _Porque’s_ (why’s) common among the _praguentos da India_: _Porque Afonso d’Albuquerque Dá pareas a el rey de Fez?_ [212] Zurara, _Cr. de D. Joam_, cap. 29. [213] The _Cancioneiro_ contains many references to Venice. The _pimenta de Veneza_ mentioned in one of the poems must have sounded strange to Portuguese readers in 1516. [214] e. g. _Meu bem, sem vos ver Se vivo um dia, Viver nam queria. Caland’ e sofrendo Meu mal sem medida, Mil mortes na vida Sinto nam vos vendo, E pois que vivendo Moiro toda via, Viver nam queria._ [215] _La t’arreda Satanas, Cristo Jesu a ti chamo, A ti amo, Tu Senhor me salvarás. O sinal da cruz espante Minha torpe tentaçam, Com devaçam Espero dir adiante._ [216] One of his poems has the heading: _Outro vilançete seu estãdo em Azamor antes ̃q se fynasse_. [217] e.g. _A culpa de quem se ama doe mais & perdoase mais asinha, Nam pede louvor quem o merece, Da fee nace a rezam da fee_, &c. [218] D. Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcellos goes so far as to call the Portuguese _Cancioneiro Geral_ a mere supplement or second part of the Spanish _Cancionero General_ (_Estudos sobre o Romanceiro_, p. 303). III The Sixteenth Century [1502-80] § 1 _Gil Vicente_