SONNET
It is already an old custom of writers
that almost all humans follow,
his works (imitating the elders)
to glory guide them of their elders.
Some flatter for favors
(that flatters the vain)
and some to cruel and tyrants
they praise with sophisticated praise.
But I think I am the happiest
that all those who were proud of themselves,
of the great Hispanic being a town crier,
I don't think they will find me a liar
that the high principles of him deprived me
to be flattering in my proclamations.
Francisco de Guzmán
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