Harlan: Moreto’s “El desden” 
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Seriores, si esta mujer, 
viendo ahora este desprecio, 
no se rinde a querer bien, 
ha de ahorcarse como hay Credo . 61 
Hernando : 
Porque si el desden no gasto 
Con este segundo emplasto, 
Ten go de dejar con asma 
El pecho desta cruel . 62 
Polilla: 
Toma si purga, sefior; 
no hay en la botica emplasto 
para las mujeres locas 
como un parche de mal trato . 63 
Hernando : 
La purga ha empezado a obrar . 64 
Polilla: 
Sehor, buena va la danza . 65 
Hernando : 
Linda va la cazolada . 66 
Any conclusion to be drawn, based on the comparison and 
discussion given, cannot be in agreement with those who main- 
tain, as quoted above, that El desden con el desden is simply 
Lope de Vega's Los milagros del desprecio. Nor is it possible 
to agree with those who say there is absolutely no point of 
contact between the two plays. The inclination is to go a bit 
further than Alonso Cortes (see note 30) and call the contact 
more than slight, and to agree with Schaeffer (see note 22) 
that the idea of the servant, or rather gracioso, seems to be 
inspired by Hernando in Los milagros del desprecio. Even 
at that, the inclination is to agree with Fitzmaurice-Kelly (see 
note 29) and consider the point debatable — at least until after 
examining the other suggested plays. 
61 El desden. Act III, scene iv, p. 248. 
62 Los milagros, Act II, scene ix, p. 242. 
63 El desden, Act III, scene xii, pp. 270-271. 
64 Los milagros. Act I, scene xvi, p. 239. 
65 El desden. Act I, scene viii, p. 202. 
66 Los milagros. Act III, scene xvi, p. 248. 
