QUEVEDO de VILLEGAS (Francisco), a celebrated Spanish poet, born at Madrid in 1570. He was descended
Quicklime. descended from a noble family, and was made a knight of St James; but was thrown into prison by order of count Olivarez, whose administration he satirized in his verses, and was not set at liberty till after that minister's disgrace. Quevedo wrote some heroic, lyric, and facetious poems. He also composed several treatises on religious subjects, and has translated some authors into Spanish. He died in 1645. The most known of his works are, 1. The Spanish Parnassus. 2. The Adventurer Buscon. 3. Visions of Hell Reformed, &c.