HARVARD COLLEGE NOV 10 1922 Sales of und F. Justins, Printer, 41, Brick Lane, Spitalfields. 755 47-537 43 PREFACE. FOR much of the valuable information which the following History of Portuguese Literature contains, the author acknowledges himself to be indebted to the communications of a learned Portuguese, with whom he became acquainted after the materials he had previously collected were arranged for publication. M. Bouterwek originally intended to comprise what he had to say, on Portuguese' literature, in a brief sketch, which was to form a supplement to the preceding volume; but the assistance of his literary friend enabled him to make the present volume a suitable companion to his history of the sister literature of the Peninsula. In England commercial interests may have induced many persons to make themselves acquainted with the language of Portugal, but the literature of that country has hitherto been studied by few. With the exception of Camoens, even the names of the principal Portuguese authors are scarcely known to us. The greater novelty of the subject is therefore an advantage which this second volume possesses over the first. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page King Diniz of Portugal, a poet of the thirteenth century.. ..... .... of the cultivatiou of Latin verse on Portuguese lyric poetry 20 Early cultivation of historical prose in Portuguese literature.. 21 Increase of Portuguese power, followed by the rapid develope- |