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HE following piece is printed in Spanih, under the title of the ; the names of the families which in are called  and ; but, the tranlator, to render it more familiar to the Englih reader, has printed it under the title of the Englih play, from which it carcely differs in any thing except the catatrophe, and ome cenes that have no manner of connection with the main ubject.

cenes, indeed, occur frequently, and for that reaon, the editor has not tranlated the Spanih comedy from beginning to end, but contented himelf with giving a general plan of piece, and a tranlation of uch cenes only as anwer to others in  tragedy.