bar I can win
the game from him_. _Barra_, was a game in which the contestants strove
to outdo each other in throwing a heavy iron bar. It was therefore a
test of strength.

197. #Jamas ... cara#, _never from danger do I turn my face_.

204. #la mano que todo lo guia#, _the hand that directs the
universe_, the hand of God.

208-209. #benefica, airada#. Note that adjectives are frequently used
instead of adverbs, especially in poetry.

212. #de amante inquietud#, _inspired by loving solicitude_, that of
his own family.

213. #no cobre#..., _may I never recover_...

215. #Mayor mi teson a mas padecer#, _my obstinacy increasing with my
suffering_. Compare _mi teson crecia con mi padecer_, of the first
edition.

239-240. #decid ... vida#, _tell her to whom this father_ (Martin
himself) _owes the privilege of seeing himself alive_.

247-248. Compare with these the two corresponding lines of the first
edition:

Con tal companera, ?quien no ha de temblar
de perder la vida que lleva dichosa?

255-256. #dirige = hubiese dirigido; ahorran = habrian ahorrado; cuanto
de llanto = icuantas lagrimas!#

259. #la de Maurel#, the battle of Muret in southern France, 1213, in
which the Albigenses and their allies, the Aragonese, were defeated by
the Crusaders under Simon de Montfort. King Pedro of Aragon lost his
life in the battle and many Aragonese were killed or taken prisoners.

275-276. #Diligencia escasa ... cupo = parece que diligencia escasa,
fortuna severa, cupo en suerte a# (_fell to the lot of_) #mi sangre
(familia).#

278. #se muestre#, _let him show himself_. Freely translated: _one
who has been unable to overcome adverse fortune should at least be
patient when it wounds him_.

279. #de aquesa manera#, _in that condition_, that is, without a
sword.

296. #le acatan propios y ajenos#, _all respect him, those of his
own family_ (#propios#) _and those of others_ (#ajenos#).

341. #logre ... mal#, _I succeeded in convincing my ears that they_
(#los acentos desabridos#) _did not have a disagreeable sound for
me_.

347. #al recordar mi memoria#, _when memory would bring to mind_.

371 et seq. Note that _vos, piedra, boveda, suelo_ are all direct
objects of _invoco_, line 379. _Not you, but rather the inanimate stone
... that vaulted ceiling ... that pavement ... do I call upon as
witnesses_....

377. #a no ser ... huella#, _if it were not as hard and cold as the
one that walks upon it_.