Figueroa. I. Francisco do, a Spanish poet, born at Alcala de Henares about 1540, died about 1620. He received a university education, served in the army, and in 1579 accompanied Carlos of Aragon, duke of Terranova, to Flanders. He wrote in Italian and in Spanish, and was called the divine poet." His eclogue of Tirsi(his nom de plume) contains the first good Spanish blank verse. His poems, first published in 1625-'6, were republished in Ramon Fernandez's collection (Madrid, 1785-1804).

II. Cristoval Snarez de, a Spanish author, born in Valladolid about 1580, died about 1650. He was a jurist and a soldier, and resided for a long time in Italy. His principal works are: La constante Amarilis, a pastoral romance in prose and verse (Valencia, 1609; French translation, 1614; 3d and best Spanish edition, Madrid, 1781); El pasagero (Madrid, 1617), a half narrative, half didactic work, containing his autobiography and severe attacks on Cervantes, Lope de Vega, and other dramatists; and Plaza universal de todas ciencias y artes (Madrid, 1615; new and enlarged ed., 1737).