Part 48

Vega, Lope de, compared with Cervantes, III. 189. His birth and parentage, 190. Early indications of talent, 191. Anecdote characteristic of his vivacious disposition, 192. His intimacy with the grand inquisitor; enters the university of Alcala, 193. Enters the service of the duke of Alva, 194. Writes the "Arcadia" at the request of the duke of Alva, 195. Style and story of the poem, 196. His marriage, 198. Engaged in a duel, which obliges him to leave Madrid, 199. Returns to Madrid, becomes a soldier, and joins the In vincible Armada, 200. Southey's translation of his sonnets, 202. Outline of his work entitled "Dorotea," 204. His animated description of the setting forth of the Armada, 208. Writes the "Beauty of Angelica" on the deck of the San Juan, 210. Story of the poem, 211. His extravagance and prodigality, 212. His advice to his son, 212. His domestic afflictions, 214. Leaves the gaieties of secular life, and prepares for the priesthood, 215. Visits Toledo, and takes orders; says his first mass in a Carmelite church, 216. Becomes a familiar of the Inquisition, 216. His rising character as an author, 217. His amiable character, 217. Rises higher and higher in the estimation of the public, 219. Writes a poem on the death of Mary queen of Scots, entitled "Corona Tragica," which he dedicates to the pope, 220. Exaggeration with regard to the number of verses written by him, 221. Anecdote of, 221. His epistles and other poems a picture of the tranquillity of his life as he advanced in age, 222. His amiable disposition and placid temper, 224. His last illness, 225. His death, 226. His person and character, 227. Review of his writings, 228. Analysis of the "Star of Seville," 233.

Vella, Antonio de la, III. 140.

Velser, Mark, II. 25.

Vettori, Francesco, I. 292.

Veyga, Luis de, III. 324.

Viardôt, his exertions to discover the yet hidden circumstances of Cervantes' life, III. 121.

Vicente, Gil, styled the Portuguese Plautus, III. 292. Style of his writings, 293.

Villalobos, physician of Charles V., one of the earliest of the Spanish dramatists, III. 96.

Villégas, Estévan Manuel de, named the Anacreon of Spain, III. 240. His birth and parentage, 240. His death, 240. His translation of Anacreon, 241. Translation of his original Anacreontics, 242.

Villena, the Marquis of, so celebrated for his acquirements in natural and metaphysical knowledge, that he was looked on as a magician, also admired as a poet, III. 13.

Virgil, Marcellus, I. 257.

Visconti, Giovanni, I. 101.

Visconti, Galeazzo, I. 103.

Vitelli, Vitellozzo, I. 266.

Viviani, II. 68.

Voss, Gerard, II. 7.

W.

Wachenfels, II. 19.

Wiffen, Mr., his translation of Garcilaso de la Vega's poems, III. 49. His translation of Luis de Leon's ode on the Moorish invasion, 79.

Z.

Zach, baron, II. 22.

Zeno, Apostolo, I. 168.; II. 192.

Zenobio, I. 117.

Zuniga, doña Elena de, her marriage with Garcilaso de la Vega, III. 39.

THE END.