From a portrait by Velazquez in the possession of H? Reeve Rs q

Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1862.

GONGORA

AN

Historical & Critical Essay on the Times
of Philip III. & IV. of Spain

With Translations

BY EDWARD CHURTON

'Don Lewis of Madrid is the sole master.'-BEN JONSON

VOL. I.

LONDON

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET

1862

280. c. 177.

Printed by R. & R. CLARK, Edinburgh.

TO THE PIOUS MEMORY

OF

ROBERT SOUTHEY,

POET LAUREATE,

THE FRIEND OF SPAIN AND SPANISH LITERATURE,

THESE VOLUMES

ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.