Considered the first epic poem created by Europeans in North America, The History of New Mexico is a political device as well as a literary account, for Villagra's intended audience-of-one is the king of Spain with his control of the empire's purse. (In this translation, the cantos are rendered into prose.
arrogantly - in an arrogant manner; in the old days she had been harsh and stiff ; afraid of her husband and yet arrogantly proud that she had a husband strong and fierce enough to make her afraid. Translations.
fatÂ·uÂ·ous. adj. Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way: an era of delicious, fatuous optimism shaped by the belief that enough good will on the part of people like ourselves could repair anything (Shirley Abbott). See Synonyms at foolish.