[1] There is evidence that he had been sentenced to eight years at the galleys previous to January 1, 1620, and that the penalty had been remitted; but the nature of his offense is not stated.
[2] While in exile he issued a collection of six short stories entitled Historias peregrinas y exemplares (1623), the unfinished romance Varia fortuna del soldado Píndaro (1626), and the first part of his Historia de Felipe IV.
(1631), a fulsome eulogy which was rewarded by the author's appointment as official historiographer to the Spanish king.
[2] His novels, though written in a ponderous, affected style, display considerable imagination and insight into character.
The Poema trágico has been utilized by John Fletcher in The Spanish Curate and in The Maid of the Mill.