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.
In its Greek background, the word meant overweening, arrogant, haughty. mr 7:22 includes arrogance in a list of vices, the only such example in the Gospel texts. (Two other lists are found in Paul's letters [ 1:29-31; Gal 5:19-23 ]). God opposes the proud (Prov 3:34).