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simple & flowing – men like but some of them the Asonante ballads
& romances improvisation of the Spaniards than any thing else which
presents itself to our mind. Their pastoral habits too –
their climate & their country are far more favorable to poetry song
than those th of the more northern Sclavonians. As they
have little intercourse with foreigners, so their poetry is
original & national. Insert The language As oriental character – & remarkably
resembling. But as their ballads resemble in their construction those
of the Spanish pronunciation, so the In many respects the Servian
ballads resemble those of the Spanish peninsula – & of are impressed
with the same oriental character. A Servian peasant
singing chanting to the tones of the Gusle (a miserable sort of stringed
Instrument) one of their hero-songs, is the very counterpart
of an Andalucian Romancero striking the cords of his
guitar at the termination of his asonant verse.

The epoch of Servian glory – if glory is identified with
extended sway – was the middle of the 14 Century. The hero of
Servian history is Dushan who was then the Tzar of Servia,
Albania, Bulgaria & Greece. Tradition has given to Dushan
the character of an enlightened legislator as well as a successful
Warrior – He died in 1356 & Servia has since been partitioned
between Austria the rulers of Vienna & Constantinople.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	110	Main Headings
Folio number	059	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f4 /
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks
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Notes public		ID Number	36049
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