86 H. R. Lang, 



VI. Debate between a friar and his confessor. 



Rh3MTie-order : abbe ; dedeeffc ; ghhc. A cancion of three coblas 

 with rims singulars, in iambic octosyllables with biocs of four- 

 syllables. 



The same theme is treated by Mossen Rodrigo Diez in CZ. p. 212 : 



Qui pert son temps es be horat 

 e pie de molta grosaria. 

 ago dich per lanemorat 

 qui desamat ama saymia. 



Rhyme-order : abbaa ; cddcal3baa. Espar^a in iambic octosyllables. 

 The same rhyme-order Nieva p. 30-31 ; 287-8 ; M p. 258-9, with 

 the exception that in these cases the last two lines of each stanza 

 are identical with those of the estribillo. 



VIII. Love-poem in the mood of a descort. 



206 For the sense of nion cabal see Mila y Fontanals, Obras III, 

 348, 355 ; CZ. p. 70 : Merexedor de gran mal, Cuydau tenir gran 

 caball Per saguir los fets damor; ibid. p. 212: Perdent tot iorn son 

 bon cabal Horat es lom qui viu turbat. 



Rhyme-order : ababbbbccb. Four stanzas, with rims singulars, in 

 six iambic octosyllables and four biocs of four syllables. 



The text of the fourth stanza I am unable to restore. 



IX. Love-song of one stanza in iambic octosyllables, the last 

 three lines of the tornada being identical with the first, second 

 and fourth line of the first part. 



Rhyme-order : abba ; cddcabBA ; abBAAAB. 



X. Love-song of two stanzas in iambic octosyllables. 

 Rhyme-order : aa ; bbba. As is well known, this is one of the 



oldest forms of the caiitiga or cancion we have in the Peninsula. 

 Santa Fe uses it repeatedly in his Castilian verse, e. g. Nieva 

 p. 209-210 and 210-211. Cf. also ibid. p. 96-98 and 227; M, 

 p. 355, 372 and 385. In O it occurs nine times, nos. 2, 51, 141, 

 196, 203, 219, 251 b (= CGC. ii), 315 (= CGC. xiii) and 500, being 

 designated desfecJia or estribotc in all but two cases (251 b and 500). 

 Cf. the form aa; bbbAA, which is the prevailing one in the great 

 variety of schemes emplo3'ed b}' Alphonse X in his Cantigas de 

 Santa Maria. 



