FRANCISCO RODRIGUES See also:

• FRANCISCO RODRIGUES LOBO (?1575–?1627); Portuguese bucolic writer, a lineal descendant in the family of letters of Bernardim Ribeiro and Christovam Falcao. All we know of his life is that he was born of rich and noble parents at Leiria, and lived at ease
• LOBO, JERONIMO (1593-1678)

LOBO (?1575–?1627); Portuguese bucolic writer, a lineal descendant in the See also:

• FAMILY

family of letters of Bernardim See also:

• RIBEIRO, BERNARDIM (1482-1552)

Ribeiro and Christovam See also:

• FALCAO, CHRISTOVAO DE SOUSA (? 1512-1557)

Falcao. All we know of his See also:

• LIFE

life is that he was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich and See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble parents at See also:

• LEIRIA

Leiria, and lived at ease  in its picturesque neighbourhood, See also:

• READING

reading See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and See also:

• POETRY

poetry and See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing of shepherds and shepherdesses by the See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers Liz and See also:

• LENA

Lena . He studied at the university of See also:

• COIMBRA

Coimbra and took the degree of licentiate about 1600 . He visited See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon from See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to time, and tradition has it that he died by drowning on his way thither as he was descending the See also:

• TAGUS (Span. Tajo, Portug. Tejo)

Tagus from See also:

• SANTAREM

Santarem . Though his first See also:

• BOOK

book, a little See also:

• VOLUME

volume of verses (Romances) published in 1596, and his last, a rhymed welcome to See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip III., published in 1623, are written in See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish, he composed his eclogues and See also:

• PROSE

prose pastorals entirely in Portuguese, and thereby did a rare service to his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country at a time when, owing to the Spanish domination, Castilian was the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language preferred by polite society and by men of letters . His Primavera, a book that may be compared to the See also:

• DIANA

Diana of Jorge de Montemor• (See also:

• MONTEMAYOR (or MONTEMOR), JORGE (1520?-156x)

Montemayor), appeared in 16o1, its second See also:

• PART

part, the Pastor Peregrine, in 16o8, and its third, the Desenganado, in 1614 . The dullness of these lengthy collections of episodes without See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread or ideas, is relieved by charming and ingenious See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral songs named serranilhas . His eclogues in endecasyllables are an See also:

• ECHO (Gr. I'Xw)

echo of those of See also:

• CAMOENS [CAMOES], LUIS VAZ DE (1524-1580)

Camoens, but like his other verses they are inferior to his redondilhas, which show the traditional fount of his See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration . In his See also:

• CORTE

Corte na Aldeia (1619), a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of letters, a See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young nobleman, a student and an old man of easy means, beguile the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter evenings at See also:

• CINTRA

Cintra by a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of philosophic and See also:

• LITERARY

literary discussions in See also:

• DIALOGUE

dialogue which may still be read with See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure . See also:

• LOBO, FRANCISCO RODRIGUES (?1575–?1627); Portuguese bucolic writer, a lineal descendant in the family of letters of Bernardim Ribeiro and Christovam Falcao. All we know of his life is that he was born of rich and noble parents at Leiria, and lived at ease
• LOBO, JERONIMO (1593-1678)

Lobo is also the author of an insipid epic in twenty cantos in ottava rima on the See also:

• CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
• CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
• CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
• CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
• CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)

Constable D . Nuno Alvares Pereira, the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence against See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain at the end of the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The characteristics of his prose See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style are See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony, purity and elegance, and he ranks as one of See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal's leading writers . A See also:

• DISCIPLE

disciple of the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian school, his verses are yet See also:

• FREE

free from imitations of classical See also:

• MODELS

models, his descriptions of natural scenery are unsurpassed in the Portuguese language, and generally his writings strike a true See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note and show a sincerity that was rare at the time .

Their popularity may be seen by the fact that the Primavera went through seven See also:

• EDITIONS

editions in the 17th century and nine in all, a large number for so limited a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market as that of Portugal, while six editions exist of the Pastor Peregrino and four of the epic poem . An edition of his collected See also:

• WORKS

works was published in one volume in Lisbon in 1723, and another in four volumes, but less See also:

• COMPLETE

complete, appeared there in 1774 . See See also:

• COSTA, GIOVANNI (1826–1903)
• COSTA, LORENZO (146o-r535)
• COSTA, SIR MICHAEL ANDREW AGNUS (1808-1884)

Costa e See also:

• SILVA, ANTONIO JOSE DA (1705–1739)

Silva, Ensaio biographico critico, v . 5-1I2, for a See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical examination of Lobo's writings; also See also:

• BOUTERWEK, FRIEDRICH (1766-1828)

Bouterwek's See also:

• HISTORY

History of Portuguese Literature . (E .