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This animosity was trumpeted forth in two lampooning sirventes criticising the public policy and the private life of the Spanish King.

From The Troubadours by Chaytor, H.J.

It was more simply turned, however, than was the general cast of the sirventes, and rather resembled the lai of a Norman minstrel.

From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Scott, Walter, Sir

From the chanso the sirventes is distinguished by its subject matter; it was the vehicle for satire, moral reproof or political lampooning.

From The Troubadours by Chaytor, H.J.

The tone of regret that underlies Guiraut de Bornelh's satires in this theme is replaced in Peire Cardenal's sirventes by a burning sense of injustice.

From The Troubadours by Chaytor, H.J.

The satiric sirventes soon found imitators: the Monk of Montaudon produced a similar composition.

From The Troubadours by Chaytor, H.J.