HOZ Y MOTA, JUAN CLAUDIO DE LA (1630?— 1714), Spanish dramatist, was born in Madrid, and in his later years acted as official censor of the Madrid theatres. El Mon tales Juan Pascal—the source of Rivas's Una antigualla de Se villa and of Zorrilla's El Zapatero y el Rey—and El castigo de la miseria give a just idea of his adaptable talent.