ARGENSOLO, BARTOLOME LEONARD DE, a native of Barbastro in Aragon, born in 1566. He studied at the university of Huesca, embraced the ecclesiastical profession, and became chaplain to Doña María of Austria. He was the continuator of the Anales de Aragon of Zurita, the author of a history of the conquest of the Molucca Isles, besides some poetical effusions, all which are commended by Bouterwek for elegance and correct purity of style. His elder brother, Lupercio, was secretary to the Conde de Lemos, when viceroy of Naples, and left behind him poetic works of merit not yet published. (Bouterwek, Geschichte.)