1 5 6 4 : ▁Al onso ▁Pérez ' s ▁La ▁Segunda ▁Parte ▁de ▁la ▁D iana ▁( The ▁Second ▁Part ▁of ▁the ▁D iana ), ▁and ▁Gas par ▁Gil ▁Pol o ' s ▁D iana ▁En am or ada ▁( En am oured ▁D iana ). ▁ ▁Bar th ol ome w ▁Y ong ' s ▁English ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁D iana ▁( comple ted ▁ca . ▁ 1 5 8 2 ▁and ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 5 9 8 ) ▁included ▁both ▁sequ els ▁alongside ▁Mont em ay or ' s ▁original . ▁ ▁Cir cul ation ▁and ▁In flu ence ▁in ▁the ▁Renaissance ▁While ▁inspired ▁by ▁Jacob o ▁S ann az aro ' s ▁Arc ad ia , ▁Mont em ay or ' s ▁D iana ▁is ▁arg u ably ▁the ▁first ▁major ▁work ▁of ▁past oral ▁pro se ▁fiction ▁in ▁the ▁Renaissance , ▁placing ▁just ▁as ▁much ▁emphas is ▁on ▁its ▁on going ▁plot ▁and ▁inter w oven ▁stories ▁as ▁on ▁the ▁po ems ▁s ung ▁by ▁its ▁she ph erd ▁protagon ists . ▁ ▁The ▁D iana ▁is ▁significant ▁for ▁being ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁popular ▁works ▁of ▁early ▁modern ▁fiction ▁not ▁merely ▁in ▁Spain , ▁but ▁abroad ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁By ▁Juli án ▁Ar rib as ' ▁count , ▁there ▁were ▁at ▁least ▁thirty - one ▁Spanish ▁ed itions ▁of ▁the ▁text ▁printed ▁in ▁the ▁six teenth ▁century ▁alone . ▁That ▁same ▁period ▁also ▁witness ed ▁twelve ▁French ▁translated ▁ed itions , ▁and ▁one ▁English ▁translation