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Title: Rambles in sunny Spain
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Ober, Frederick A(lbion), 1849- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, Estes and Lauriat
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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e. Then, said the count, give me back my money, for once safein heaven they can never return. But the monk kept the money. Next to the priest, the escribano (or public letter-writer) is held inhigh estimation by many of the ignorant. This man can sometimesbe seen on the corners of the streets or beneath a corridor with atable and inkhorn, ready to write letters for any one needing hisservices. It is said that his chief employment is in writing love-letters for senoritas as well as men; and about him the followinglines are written, referring especially to his goose-quill pen : — Pajaros con muchas plumas,No se pueden mantener;Los escribanos con unaMantienen mozo y muger. Birds with many feathersHardly keep alive;With one plume the writerMaintains cook and wife. These specimens of Spanish doggerel are given in their own lan-guage, because they teach us so much of the habits of thought andthe customs of the people. Let us now tarry awhile in a city whereSpanish ballads had their birth.
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