CHAPTER IV

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DIEGO HURTADO DE MENDOZA.

His Birth and Education 510 His Lazarillo de Tórmes 511 Its Imitations 512 He is a Soldier 514 Ambassador of Charles the Fifth 514 A Military Governor 515 Not favored by Philip the Second 516 He is exiled from Court 516 His Poetry 517 His Satirical Prose 519 His Guerra de Granada 520 His Imitation of Tacitus 522 His Eloquence 526 His Death 527 His Character 528

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