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In spite of recent critical interest in Cervantes's poetry, there are still many ¿poesías sueltas¿ attributed to Cervantes for reasons that are less than convincing. One such case is the sonnet ¿Maestro era de esgrima Campuzano,¿ which, according to a manuscript now lost, is by Cervantes. This article reviews the different arguments employed to support the attribution to Cervantes and compares them with those which can be made in support of attributing the poem to Diego Hurtado de Mendoza. A close reading of the sonnet offers purely textual proofs, after which the relationship of the text to other works by each author is considered. After some general reflections on criteria of attribution, the conclusion proposes the likeliest authorship.
