Whileitwasgoingthroughthepress, hemarriedDonaCatalinadePalaciosSalazaryVozmediano, aladyofEsquiviasnearMadrid, andapparentlyafriendofthefamily, whobroughthimafortunewhichmaypossiblyhaveservedtokeepthewolffromthedoor, butifso, -placestagesandstrollingcompanies, , whichhetellsuswereperformedwithoutanythrowingofcucumbersorothermissiles, andrantheircoursewithoutanyhisses, outcries, , hisplayswerenotbadenoughtobehissedoffthestage, , butastheyhappentobetwoofthesevenoreighthementionswithcomplacency, wemayassumetheyarefavourablespecimens, andnoonewhoreadsthe "Numancia" andthe "TratodeArgel" , whateveroccasionaltheymayshow, theyare, asregardsconstruction, ; norwastherisingpopularityofLopethecause, asisoftensaid, , butitwascertainlyafterCervanteswenttoSeville.
Amongthe "NuevosDocumentos" printedbySenorAsensioyToledoisonedated1592, , amanager, whowastoacceptsixcomediesatfiftyducats (about6l.) apiece, ; , nodoubt, morethanoneletterlikethatweseeinthe "Rake'sProgress," "Sir, Ihavereadyourplay, anditwillnotdoo."
, whenhiscompositionwonthefirstprize, , heentrustedittoamerchant, whofailedandabsconded; andasthebankrupt'sassetswereinsufficienttocoverthewhole, , however, wasasmallone, about26l., andongivingsecurityforithewasreleasedattheendoftheyear.
