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The romance is composed of any number of seven or eight syllable verses, in the even numbers of which there is a correspondence of vowel sounds in the last two syllables, which is called assonance.

The ñaque, two players, who could perform entremeses and play one or two musical instruments. The gangarilla, group of three or four actors of whom one was a boy to play a woman's part. They usually played a farce or some other short play. The cambaleo was composed of five men and a woman and remained several days in each village.

The garnacha was a little larger than the cambaleo and could represent four plays and several autos and entremeses. The bojiganga represented as many as six comedias and a number of autos and entremeses, had some approach at regular costumes, and traveled on horseback. The farándula was composed of from ten to fifteen players, was well equipped and traveled with some ease.

1-176 Redondillas 177-260 Romances. 261-296 Redondillas. 297-372 Romances. 373-704 Redondillas. 705-744 Décimas. 745-824 Redondillas. 825-914 Romances. The redondilla is composed of four verses of seven or eight syllables each, the first verse riming with the fourth and the second with the third.

For his employer he composed about this time the pastoral romance Arcadia, which was not published until 1598. The remaining years of his banishment, which was evidently remitted in 1595, were uneventful enough, but this last year brought to him a great sorrow in the death of his faithful wife.