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celebrated as before : the host paraded the streets with its acccusfomed pomp and solemnity : the interesting cere ^ monials which accompany the entrance and the exit of a human being in this valley of vicissitude , were all conducted with their wonted
regularity . Still less were they wanted to implore the blessing of Heaven on the labours of the husbandman , whose fruits grew and were gathered in with unvarying abundance . Without them the country was freed from the ignoble and degrading yoke of the usurper , while success and martial
glory crowned the arms of their mill * tary companions , ( the British , ) who cared little for " all the trumpery " of " friars white , black , or grey ; " and if the contagion of their contempt did not reach their Catholic friends , they lessened , at least , the respect with which the inmates of the convent had
been so long regarded . But in anticipating a period in which the Spaniard shall be released from monkish influence , it must not be forgotten how interwoven is that influence with his most delightful recollections and associations . His
festivities , his rotaerias , * his rural pastimes , are all connected with , and dependent on the annual return of some saintVday , in honour of which he gives himself up to the most
unrestrained enjoyment . A mass is with him the introductory scene to every species of gaiety , and a procession of monks and friars forms a part of every picture on which his memory most
# Romcriag . That these acts of devotion are always attended with shameful profligacy is sufficientl y known . Even *^ uderoa bears testimony to their danger : — Todos los concursos De vaiias roiwerias , Tafvez en zelo empiezan V aeaban en delicia ;
HI verse unos con otros Conmuevese a Ja aleg-rta , Laalegriaal banquete El banquete a la risa , Xa risft al bayle , al jiiego A la vaya , a la grita Escollo * en que siempre l » a devocion pelig A 'ra . Maria el Corazon .
£ » o , indeed , says the old proverb , Quiea Jttuchos romerias anda tarde 6 aunca se * &ntifica "
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delights to dwell . —And a similar , though , perhaps , a stronger impression is created on his mind by the enthusiastic ** love of song , " * so universal in Spain . He lives and breathes in a land of poetry and fiction : he listens with ever-glowing rapture to the Romanceros , -f who celebrate the * The Roman Catholic Church has made a glorious league with the fine arts , each of which has been made subservient
to its purposes , and has maintained its mighty influence . Poetry , painting and music can never pay the immense det ) tthey owe to the gorgeous machinery of the Romish ritual . -J- Perhaps I may be allowed to introduce a few specimens of the style of the Romance ros . Far instance ^ their praises of the
Virgin : La reyna de los ci « los Emperatriz soberana Fuente de amor y dulzura lHio de bondad y de gracia Pielago de perfecciones Tranquilo mar de gracias Iris de serenidades
Lucero de la manana Del cielo norte seguro . San Onofre . Sagrada Virgen Maria Antorcha del cielo empireo Hixa del eterno Padre , Mad re del supremo hixo Del sacro espiritu esposa .
Jay me del CastiIIo « Hermosisima Maria Preciosisima apucena Que con tu divina gracia Nos libertais de la pena , Florida y hermosa rosa Palma , cipres , virgea bella Lirio , olivo , tone hermosa De encumbrada fortaleza
Cielos , sol y luna bermosa Fuente llena de clemencia Qne con ta divina gracia Triunfos y lauros aumentasi Gran Senora del Carmeio
Suphcote , sacra reyna Que abogatla y protectira Con el r-ej de gracias seas . Judio dc Toledo .
Great , however , as U their devotion , it is less than ( heir bombast . Paren-en sws xnovirnientos Ay re , fuego , tierra y onda » Sol , luna , estrellas , luceros Los planetas y la Aurora Mientvas mi pluma remonta . Su vuelo al mas sacro asunto
De la estacion dichosa Quando Vino la Cruz de Grao . Cruz cle CJrao *
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State of Religion in Spain . 591
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1819, page 591, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1777/page/3/
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