anish the article was often
used before a possessive adjective that preceded its noun.
This usage is now archaic or dialectic.

21. =hacia= is here exactly equivalent to =hace= in 1. 23:
see note, p. 2, 1. 5.

25. =quien...me diese=: see note, p. 4, 1. I.

=8.=--12. =Oidolo habia= = _lo habia oido_.

13. This line is too long by one syllable.

14. Gil Vicente (1470?-1540?), a Portuguese poet who wrote
dramas in both Portuguese and Castilian. A strong creative
artist and thinker, Vicente is the greatest dramatist of
Portugal and one of the great literary figures of the
Peninsula. This Cancion to the Madonna occurs in _El
auto de la Sibila Casandra_, a religious pastoral drama.
Vicente himself wrote music for the song, which was
intended to accompany a dance. John Bowring made a very
good metrical translation of the song (_Ancient Poetry and
Romances of Spain_, 1824, p. 315). Another may be found in
Ticknor's _History of Spanish Literature,_ I, 259.

16. =digas tu=: see note, p. 4, I. 22. =el marinero=: omit
=el= in translation. In the Spanish of the ballads the
article is regularly used with a noun in the vocative.

24. =pastorcico=: see note, p. 3, I. 3.

=9.=--Santa Teresa de Jesus (1515-1582), born at Avila;
became a Carmelite nun and devoted her life to reforming
her Order and founding convents and monasteries. Saint
Theresa believed herself inspired of God, and her
devotional and mystic writings have a tone of authority.
Her chief works in prose are the _Castillo interior_ and
the _Camino de perfeccion_. She is one of the greatest of
Spanish mystics, and her influence is still potent (cf.
Juan Valera, _Pepita Jimenez_; Huysmans, _En route; et
al._). Cf. _Bibl. de Aut. Esp._, vols. 53 and page 259
55, for her works. This _Letrilla_ has been translated by
Longfellow ("Santa Teresa's Book-Mark," Riverside ed.,
1886, VI., 216.)

=9.=--Fray Luis Ponce de Leon (1527-1591), born at
Belmonte; educated at the University of Salamanca; became
an Augustinian monk. While a professor at the same
university he was accused by the Inquisition and
imprisoned from 1572 to 1576, while his trial proceeded.
He was acquitted, and he taught till his death, which
occurred just after he had been chosen Vicar-General of
his Order. The greatest of the mystic poets, he wrote as
well religious works in prose (_Los nombres de Cristo, La
perfecta casada_), and in verse translated Virgil,
Horace and other classica