LINGUAE VASCONUM PRIMITIAE - Euskaltzaindia

Bernard Lehete, patron and receiver of Etxepare's work and protector
of Marot in difficult situations, whose work might have been known by
Etxepare through their common friendo
There is no common agreement among critics either when judging
the poetic value of Etxepare's work. While Julio de Urquijo and, aboye
all, Schuchardt, believe he hardly possesses the qualities of a true poet,
Mrs. Gil Reicher and Mitxelena believe otherwise. The former writes,
«Ces poésies sont empreinte d'une Iyrisme, d'une passion, d'une force,
que I'eskuara retrouvera rarement. Et je ne crois pas que ce soit un
paradoxe de dire que notre premier poete basque peut-étre le plus
grand,» (