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"This large one here," said the barber, "is called 'The Treasury of

various Poems'"

"If there were not so many of them," said the curate, "they would be more

relished: this book arities

which it has with its excellences; let it be preserved because the author

is a friend of mine, and out of respect for other more heroic and loftier

works that he has written"

"This," continued the barber, "is the 'Cancionero' of Lopez de

Maldonado"

"The author of that book, too," said the curate, "is a great friend of

mine, and his verses from his own mouth are the admiration of all who

hear them, for such is the sweetness of his voice that he enchants when

he chants theood was never yet plentiful: let it be kept with those that have been

set apart But what book is that next it?"

"The 'Galatea' of Miguel de Cervantes," said the barber

"That Cervantes has been for e he has had more experience in reverses than in verses His book

has so but brings