Serra da Estrella

(Cf. _Serra da Estrella_, l. 530: _amigo_ for _marido_.)

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The most interesting alteration in the heavily censored (1586) edition of the _Serra da Estrella_ is not the excision of over a hundred lines about the evil-minded hermit but the substitution in l. 100 of _un rey_ for _Dios_.

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He also returned to the pastoral play in the _Serra da Estrella_, while his exquisite lyrism flowers afresh in the _Triunfo do Inverno_, a tragicomedy which is really a medley of farces.

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Dr Leite de Vasconcellos was the first to call attention to his special knowledge of the province of Beira, and the reference to the Serra da Estrella dragged into the _Comedia do Viuvo_ is of even more significance than the conventional _beirão_ talk of his peasants.

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322 As a rule Vicente's shepherds are natural enough but we may be permitted to doubt whether any shepherdess of the Serra da Estrella would have spoken of 'ending like Queen Dido.'

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10 The Serra da Estrella, the highest mountain-range in Portugal (6500 ft), is in the province of Beira.

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