always has and I hope always will. José Irizarry, my “brother by another mother,” gave me technical and emotional support at a moment’s notice. My earlier forays into this material have seen the light of day in The Flour of Makarheid (ed. Morna R. Fleming, 2003), Atenea (2006), Narrating the Past (ed. Nandita Batra and Vartan P. Messier, 2007), and Enarratio (eds. Carlos Hawley-Colón, Edward Risden, and Kristen Figg, 2010). Audiences at conferences, meetings, and classes in Dunfermline, Minneapolis, Kalamazoo, Green Bay, St. Louis, San Juan, and Mayagüez have vetted many of these ideas in sundry incarnations and have helped them to take new forms. In addition, I especially want to thank the members of the Medieval Association of the Midwest, the gold standard of regional organizations. Thanks are also due to unnamed readers at Cambria Press for their many helpful suggestions. A host of friends, students, and colleagues in Puerto Rico have been hearing about Robert Henryson and his Testament of Cresseid for far longer than is humane and have provided support and encouragement in a wide array of ways and venues; these include Nandita Batra, Rosita Rivera, Rosa Román, Nancy Vanessa Vicente, Betsy Morales, Gayle Griggs, Kevin Carroll, Larry Chott, Leo Flores, Eric Lamore, Waleska Morciglio, and Moises Orengo.
Y para mi querida esposa, Socorro Rodríguez Santaliz, con quien todo es posible, muchas gracias, mi amor, y gracias a Dios por ti.