A History of Spanish Literature

chapter long, are very remote from the admirably vigorous style of

Palencia's allegorical _Batalla campal entre los lobos y los perros_ (Pitched Battle between Wolves and Dogs), and his patriotic _Perfección del triunfo militar_, wherein he vaunts, not without reason, his countrymen as among the best fighting men in Europe. Palencia's gravest defect is his tendency to Lati...