Vega, Lopez de la (15621635)

Vega, Lopez de la, known as Lope, Spanish dramatist, born in Madrid; began life as a soldier; served in the Armada; was secretary to the Duke of Alva; took orders, and became an officer of the Inquisition; wrote a heroic pastoral entitled “Arcadia” at the instance of the duke, and the “Dragonica” over the death of Drake as the destroyer of the supremacy of Spain on the sea; was a man of fertile inventiveness, and is said to have written 2000 plays, besides no end of verses, and was called by Cervantes a “Prodigy of Nature” (15621635).

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

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Vaughan, Charles John
Vaughan, Henry
Vaughan, Herbert, Cardinal
Vauvenargues, Marquis de
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Vega, Lopez de la
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Veit, Philipp
Velasquez, Diego de Silva
Vendée, La
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Vendôme, Louise Joseph, Duc de
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