Coniiiiuiiicatioiis from Spanish Cancioncros. 85 



occurrence of similar rims cqitivocs in 11. 31, 34 and 39, 42, though 

 the position is irregular in the third stanza. 



56 fae for faz is met with in other Old-Spanish texts, as e. g. 

 J. Ruiz 1466 both as 3^ p. sing. pres. and as 2^1 p. imperative; 

 also in Portuguese, as CGC, 462. Cf. Bausteine zur rom. Philol. 

 p. 45. 



57 ara, Catalan adverb. See e. g. jNIila y Fontanals, Obras III, 

 p. 542, and 139 of our text. 



For the use of Latin scriptural quotations in secular lyrics see 

 CGC. p. 169 the note to line 194 where the Latin quotation from 

 St. Matthew 27, 46 is given in the original Hebrew version. Mrs. 

 Vasconcellos (Zeitschrift 28, p. 213, 230-231 and Grundriss II, 2. p. 

 240) appears to be of the opinion that Macias (CGC. no. vii) set 

 the example for closing each stanza with a Latin quotation and 

 that Valtierra directly imitated the Galician singer. But this com- 

 mon manner is much older than Macias, as may be seen, e. g., in 

 Du Meril, Poesies populaires latines anterieures au 12™® siecle, 

 p. 100—1, 170 ff.; 186. — Other instances may be found in Nieva 

 p. 125-7; 167-9; CZ. p. 19-21, 56, 295-303. 



Rhyme-order : al^brlaccD ; caac. This form is not found else- 

 where, either in Nieva, in M f— Cancionero de Stviniga) or in O. 



III. 77 poria, Catalan form for podrta. 



Rhyme-order : abba ; cddcabba ; bba ; rims singulars, as in the 

 two preceding pieces. The third stanza is incomplete, lacking abb. 

 Without a fin, we lind this very common form Nieva p. 29 ; M, 

 p. 261 ; O, no. 43 (= CGC. xlii) ; Xi, fol. 61 vo. (= CGC. Ix). 



In the majority of cases contained in Nieva and M, the last two 

 lines of each stanza are identical with those of the estribillo. 



IV. A complaint and dismissal of Amor in the manner of a 

 comiat. The same subject is treated Canconer d'Amor fol. 182 

 (Ochoa, Catalogo p. 314-5; in O, no. 331 (= 533); 147 (= CGC. li) ; 

 M, p. 332, 374, 385. For Provencal and Old Portuguese instances 

 see Denis p. xlviii ff. 



Rhyme-order : al^baacaC ; acaC. Three coblas unissonans in iaml:)ic 

 decasyllabics with a refrain of one line. 



V. 115 que no-y mir mal, without my deserving it (?) Cf. mal 

 merir in Mila y Fontanals, Obras iii, p. 402. 



145 For expressions like cent mil tants see my notes in CGC. 

 p. 217 and Zeitschrift fiir roman. Philol. 32, 388, and the literature 

 on this subject there cited. 



Rhyme-order : abba ; cdcdaeeA ; fggf. Two coblas unissonans in 

 iambic octosyllables. 



