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Rimas Bocage - PORREÑO (Baltasar) DICHOS, y Hechos del Señor Rey Don Felipe Segundo el Pridente, Potentissimo, y Glorioso Monarca de las Españas, y de las Indias . En Madrid: Por Melchor Sanchez, 1663. ¶4, A-T8, V4; [4] , 155, [1 br.] ff.; 145 mm. A rare 1663 Madrid edition of the work attributed to Baltasar Porreño , a Toledan chronicler and orator during the reign of Philip III. It brings together a series of episodes, sayings, and maxims relating to the life and rule of Philip II , with the stated purpose of exalting the figure of the monarch as a model of prudence and royal virtue. The structure, in the form of “dichos y hechos, ” combines moral anecdote, historical account, and political apology, in a tone that reflects the courtly culture and ideology of absolute power in Golden Age Spain. ! Please note that this translated text was generated by Google. !