270 , 2 
This poem begins with the exiftence of 
God, an explanation of the trinity, the 
hiftory of the devil, an account of Sed 
of the creation and fall; the. progrefs of 
fociety. is then deferibed, and Reboliedo 
afferts, that diftinGtions were firft made by 
nature, who gave active and enterprifing 
minds to the rulers, and fitted the others 
for fubjeétion, by making them ftupid, 
indolent, and contented. 
contented ftupidity fhould charaéterife the 
governed jand active and enterprifing minds 
were defigned by nature to rule, this fy 
tem has been. ftrangely inverted. 
"The author next examines the various 
forms of government, and points out the 
anconveniences of all. He allows the dan- 
gers ‘of PAGUET ERI but obferves that, ina 
ehriftian ftate, thefe dangers are not to be 
teared. The right divine is afferted, and 
as the confummation of this. policy, we 
have immediately the art of war. 
To this poem fixteen: little pieces are 
added, each containing fome example from 
hiftory. One-of thele is upon the death 
of Uriah, and it concludes thus : “¢ if good 
kings can aét thus wickedly, What ought 5 
we not to fear from tyrants.?” Perhaps 
' Rebolledo had feen Algernon Sianey at 
Copenhagen ; for this and the following 
poem feem more like the fentimen its Ob a 
Englifhman at that period, than of a Spa- 
nmiard. 
Not long this fearful confliG@ fhall endure, 
That arms the earth with light’ning,. that 
CS) “erfpreads » 
Earth with its horrors, making the firm glohe 
Tremble. Not long thefe terrors fhall en- 
dure, 
That feem as they appall’dthe fires of heav’n, 
For night approaches now, preferving night, 
And war will fleep in darknefs, But the chier 
Stretch’d forth his hand, and bade the fun 
ftand fill 
Gn Gibeorn; “and thou, moon, o’er the vale 
Of Ajalon, till vengeance be complete !” 
’ And whereforedid the harmonies of heav’n 
Ceafe at the voice of fofhua? The MoftHigh, 
Ee whovis juft, fufpended nature’s laws, 
hat kings might meet the meed they me- 
rited, 
The third volume is compofd of reli- 
sicus poems, chiefly paraphrafed trom 
the bible 7° amnong theié are verhons of 
*he. plalms;‘of the book of Job, and ef 
“the' Lamentations of Jeremiah. “Thete he 
dédicatéd-to Chiiftina, queen of Sweden 
ahd ‘the: Spanith editor faa So they in Hy 
greatly ye ave contributed to the conve rhon 
“princefs to the Catholic faith” His 
Bie Lamentations .conchidés 
exology, and with a declaration 
If indolent and 
Petry of Spain. 
that he lays it at the feet of the church 
with all catholic obedience. 
In this volume the hiftory of the &¢ Nea 
Teftament’” is thrown into a facred Idy- 
lum. He commences it by faying, that 
the myfteries of our redemption are pro- 
perly concealed in the facred bouks, leit 
they fhould get into the profane hands of 
the vulgar: and the introduétion con- 
cludes thus ; ; **ye who heard the profane 
thoughts of my firft follies, hear now my, 
laft accents, though not fo poetical, much 
more pious.’” He then explains how the 
word was united to’ the flefh hypoftati- 
cally; and this is a fine inftance of the /2/- 
quipedalia verba, as it has a whole line ts 
Hilelf, 26° hipoftaticamente,” The Fran- 
cifcan dogma is elucidated by the ufual - 
comparifon of the fun-beams  pafling 
through giafs ; and by another, which I 
do not recolleé elfewhere ; ‘as the dew 
falls upon: the earth, without ditturbing 
the air. 
The ‘Selvas Danicas’ fill the lait vo- 
lume, .2 genealogical poem upon the fuc- 
ceflion of the kings of Denmark. This 
work I have never feen. be 
Such are the works of Rebolledo, who 
“¢ to the manners of a Chriftian and of @ 
cavalier, united the virtues and endow- 
ments that conftitute a hero; fuch as z0- 
bility of blocd, and good fortune i in bis under - 
tokings : and here ({ays Sedano) Iwillno 
longer delay a retlection, that has often 
Be see tome in colle&ting the memoirs 
cf our illuftrious Spanifh poets; and that 
is, that the epithet i#lufirious is perfectly 
applicable with regard to their blood; 
not that this is any recommendation of dhe 
intrinfic merit of the {ciences ; but becaufe 
it confirms. the opinion of thofe, who 
think that good blood and an illuftrious 
education contribute to a’ love of, and 
progrefs in letters. He then fhows, that 
it is not abfolutely. neceflary that a good 
poet fhould be poor. fe ae 
a 
TOUR OF ENGLAND, 
_ (CONTINUED). ; 
Jetrnal of a Tour through almoft eVvery.county 
in England, and part of Waies, by Mr Jour 
Housman, of Corby » hear Carlile ; whe 
was engaged to make the Tour_by a gentle- 
man of dittinétion, for the purpofe of col- 
‘tecting authentic information relative -to 
the flate of the poor. The Journal com=- 
prifes an account of the general appearance 
oF the country, of the foil, furface, build- 
“ings, &c. with obtervations agricultural, 
¢ommercial, &c. 
EP FEMBER 3d, rode. to Wardiy- 
Y--Goben, in Northamptonthire, - four 
iniles; |The foul rather light; fuifaes 
. RNS 
