TEXT IN SPANISH FROM THE 1626 EDITION by Francisco De Quevedo Villegas. 605 pages. Index. The Spanish poet, satirist, novelist, and wit Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Villegas (1580-1645) ranks as one of the major writers of Spain"s Golden Age. This title, "God"s politics, Christ"s government," was published in 1626 and printed in Spain.