PROLOGUE
Lazaro’s reason for relating all the circumstances of his life 1 Motives not to gain money but to win fame 2 Success of the poor should be a lesson to the rich 3
I
LAZARO RELATES THE WAY OF HIS BIRTH AND TELLS WHOSE SON HE IS
Parentage of Lazaro 4 Reason of his surname 4 Death of father. Mother in service 6 Stepfather. Little brown brother 6 Living on stolen goods 7 Helps at the inn 8
FIRST MASTER
HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A BLIND MAN
Service with the blind man 11 Farewell to his mother 11 Cruel trick of the blind man 12 Sagacity of the blind man 15 The blind man’s resources and avarice 16 Inside of the knapsack 17 Contrivance with half blancas 17 Ways of getting at the wine 18 Blind man’s cruel revenge 19 Coolness between them 20 Lazaro beaten. Blind man in the mud 21 Sharing a bunch of grapes 22 Trouble about the sausage 25 Lazaro’s revenge 28
SECOND MASTER
HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A CLERGYMAN, AND OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO HIM
Out of the frying-pan into the fire 31 Nothing to eat in the house 31 Lazaro sinking into the silent tomb 32 Stinginess of the clergyman 33 Lazaro longs for the funeral feasts 33 An angel in form of a locksmith 35 Lazaro happy for a time 35 The priest counts the loaves 36 It was the rats 37 Rat-hole boarded up 38 Rat-hole reappears 41 Lazaro undid the repairs at night 41 Rat-trap adds cheese to Lazaro’s meal 42 It must be a snake 42 The key turns traitor 43 Lazaro half killed, and shown the door 44
THIRD MASTER
HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A GENTLEMAN, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM
Lazaro reaches Toledo and seeks for a master 47 He enters the service of an esquire 48 Taken to the esquire’s house 51 Nothing to eat in the house 51 Trouble ahead about food 52 Shares his bread with his master 53 Philosophical views of starvation 55 A wretched night 55 The esquire’s outward appearance 56 Secrets under the esquire’s cloak 59 Lazaro goes for water. What he sees 60 Lazaro waits for his master and food 61 Successful begging expedition 61 What touches the esquire’s honour 65 The esquire longs to share with Lazaro 65 Lazaro’s kindness and tact 66 Provides a supper for his master 67 Examines the esquire’s clothes 68 Kindly feeling for his master 68 Begging prohibited 69 Kept alive by shop-girls 69 Misery and starvation 70 The esquire bemoans his fate 70 Lazaro’s terror at the dead body coming 71 Lazaro bars the door 72 Door unbarred 73 The esquire’s story 73 His ideas of honour 74 The esquire disappears when asked for the rent 77 Creditors search the house 78 Lazaro taken into custody 81 Lazaro deserted by his master 82
FOURTH MASTER
HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A FRIAR OF THE ORDER OF MERCY, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM
The fourth master does not suit 83
FIFTH MASTER
HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A SELLER OF PAPAL INDULGENCES
The seller of Indulgences curries favour with the parochial clergy 84 Subtle contrivances 85 A sham quarrel 85 The sermon begun 87 Interruption 87 Hypocritical prayer 88 Sham miracle 89 The people taken in 90 The farce continued 91 Lazaro behind the scenes 92
SIXTH MASTER
HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A CHAPLAIN, AND HOW HE PROSPERED
Lazaro becomes a water-carrier 95 Is able to wear good clothes 96
SEVENTH MASTER
HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A CONSTABLE, AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS
Lazaro’s prosperity continues 97 Gets a Government appointment 97 The archpriest of St. Saviour’s 98 Lazaro married 98 Evil tongues 99 A good understanding 100 Conclusion 103
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
BY STEPHEN BAGHOT DE LA BERE
PAGE Lazarillo begging Frontispiece Lazarillo helps at the Inn 9 “He answered that he received me, not as his servant but as his son” 13 Tailpiece 29 “‘It is the rats,’ he declared” 39 Tailpiece 46 “I followed him over a great part of the city” 49 “What there was we spread out” 57 “Gave me a piece of a cow’s foot and several pieces of boiled tripe” 63 “They returned in the afternoon” 79 “The news soon spread to the neighbouring villages” 93 Tailpiece 96 “But evil tongues are never wanting” 101
Sketch Map of Route at end of Volume.
INTRODUCTORY
THE FAMILY OF MENDOZA
[Sidenote: Descent of the author of Lazarillo de Tormes.]
The author of Lazarillo de Tormes was a scion of one of the noblest families of Spain, and some account of it should precede a notice of the author’s life.[1]
[1] Doubt has been thrown on the authorship, but without sufficient reason. See Antonio, Bib. Nov. i. 291.
Don Diego Lopez, Lord of Mendoza, in 1170 married Doña Eleanor Hurtado, heiress of Mendibil. She was the daughter of Fernan Perez de Lara called Hurtado, son of Pedro Gonzalez de Lara and of the Queen Urraca of Castille and Leon.
Don Lopez and Eleanor Hurtado had four sons: Inigo, Lord of Mendoza; Diego, Lord of Mendibil; Pedro Diaz, who was ancestor of the Mendozas of Seville; and Fernando, who founded the line in Portugal.
Inigo Lopez de Mendoza married Maria de Haro, and was father of Maria, the wife of her first cousin, Juan de Mendoza, son of her uncle Diego. Their son, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, in the time of Fernando II., married Maria Gonzalez de Aguero, and had a son Gonzalo.
This Gonzalo Hurtado de Mendoza married Juana Fernandez de Orozco, and was the father of a very distinguished son--of Pedro Gonzalez.