CHRISTOBAL DE See also:

• CHRISTOBAL DE VIRUS (1550?-1615?)

VIRUS (1550?-1615?)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish dramatist and poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• VALENCIA
• VALENCIA, or VALENTIA

Valencia about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 16th See also:

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

century, joined the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, fought at See also:

• LEPANTO

Lepanto, and retired to his native See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place with the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain shortly before 1586 . The first-See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit of his leisure was El Monserrate (1587), a dull poem on a repulsive subject which had the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of being praised by Cervantes, and of being reprinted in 16o1 . Shortly afterwards Virues returned to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and issued a recast of his'poem entitled El Monserrate segundo (16o2) . His Obras trdgicas y liricas (16o9) include five tragedies: La Gran See also:

• SEMIRAMIS (c. 800 B.C.)

Semiramis, La Cruel Casandra, Atila furioso, La Infelice Marcelo and Elisa See also:

• DIDO, or ELISSA

Dido . The date of his See also:

• DEATH

death is unknown, but he is conjectured to have been alive as See also:

• LATE

late as 1614 . Virues belongs to the school of dramatists displaced by Lope de See also:

• VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA
• VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA (1503-1536)

Vega, and his methods were out of See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion before his plays were printed; yet he is an interesting figure, chiefly because of the very extravagances which destroy the effect of his best scenes .