COTA DE MAGUAQUE

cota de maguaque, rodrigo (d. c. 1498), spanish poet, who flourished towards the end of the 15th century, was born at toledo. little is known of him save that he was of jewish origin. the _coplas de mingo revulgo_, the _coplas del provincial_, and the first act of the _celestina_ have been ascribed to him on insufficient grounds. he is undoubtedly the author of the _dialogo entre el amor y un viejo_, a striking dramatic poem first printed in the _cancionero general_ of 1511, and of a burlesque epithalamium written in 1472 or later. he abjured judaism about the year 1497, and is believed to have died shortly afterwards. see "epithalame burlesque," edited by r. foulche-delbosc, in the _revue hispanique_ (paris, 1894), i. 69-72; a. bonilla y san martin, _anales de la literatura espanola_ (madrid, 1904), pp. 164-167.