DON BERNARDO DE BALBUENA
\dˈɒn bˈɜːnədˌə͡ʊ də bˈalbjuːənə], \dˈɒn bˈɜːnədˌəʊ də bˈalbjuːənə], \d_ˈɒ_n b_ˈɜː_n_ə_d_ˌəʊ d_ə b_ˈa_l_b_j_uː_ə_n_ə]\
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A Spanish poet; born at Val de Penas in 1568; died in Porto Rico in 1627. At an early age he went to Mexico, where he completed his theological studies and acquired reputation as a poet. Of his works only the following are extant: "The Greatness of Mexico" (1604), a poetic description of that city; "The Age of Gold in the Forests of Eryphile" (1608), a pastoral romance in prose, interspersed with lyrics; "Bernardo, or the Victory of Roncesvalles" (1624), an epic treating of the national hero Bernardo del Carpio.
By Charles Dudley Warner
