BALBUENA, Bernardo de (bahl-bwa'-na), Spanish poet, born in Valdepeñas in 1568; died in Puerto Rico in 1627. He was educated in Mexico, became provost in Jamaica, and in 1620 bishop of Puerto Rico. He wrote "E1 Siglo de Oro" ("The Age of Gold"), a pastoral romance, the scene of which is laid in the new world; "La Grandeza Mejicana" (new ed., 1821); and "El Bernardo"(3 vols., Madrid, 1624; new ed.. 1808), an epic, which is one of his most finished productions. He had a fine library, which was lost when the Dutch sacked Puerto Rico in 1625.

BALBUENA, Bernardo de (bahl-bwa'-na), Spanish poet, born in Valdepenas in 1568; died in Porto Rico in 1627. He was educated in Mexico, became provost in Jamaica, and in 1620 bishop of Porto Rico. He wrote "E1 Siglo de Oro " (" The Age of Gold"), a pastoral romance, the scene of which is laid in the new world ; "La Grandeza Me-jicana" (new ed., 1821) ; and" E1Bernardo "(3 vols., Madrid, 1624 ; new ed.. 1808), an epic, which is one of his most finished productions. He had a fine library, which was lost when the Dutch sacked Porto Rico in 1625.

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