{"id":191,"date":"2019-12-01T16:45:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T16:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/donquixoteoflamancha\/chapter\/first-part-part-two-chapter-x-2\/"},"modified":"2020-03-13T12:25:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:25:55","slug":"first-part-part-two-chapter-x","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/donquixoteoflamancha\/chapter\/first-part-part-two-chapter-x\/","title":{"rendered":"First Part. Part Two. Chapter X"},"content":{"raw":"<a href=\"https:\/\/cvc.cervantes.es\/literatura\/clasicos\/quijote\/edicion\/parte1\/cap10\/default.htm\">CHAPTER X<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"extract\">\r\n<h2 class=\"extractTextNoIndent\">[footnote]The title of the chapter does not correspond to what is going to be narrated: the episode of the Biscayne has already ended and nothing else happens to Don Quixote with him. The\u00a0<span class=\"italic\">Galicians from Yanguas (<\/span>yang\u00fceses or gallegos) will not appear until I, 15. This possible oversight of Cervantes has always provoked many speculations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rae.es\/\">RAE<\/a> title for this chapter in subsequent editions was: 'Of the funny reasoning that passed between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza his squire'[\/footnote]<span class=\"italic\">Concerning what further befell Don Quixote with the Biscayne and the danger in which he found himself with a band of Galicians from Yanguas<\/span> <sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note103\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote103\">103<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2479\/3752171364_fc4940b0d0_b.jpg&amp;scale=8&amp;rotate=0\" \/>\r\n<p class=\"chapterOpenerText\">By this time Sancho Panza, rather badly treated by the servants of the friars, had gotten to his feet and was paying close attention to the battle waged by his master and imploring God, in his heart, that it would be His will to grant Don Quixote a victory in which he would win an \u00ednsula and make Sancho the governor, as he had promised. Seeing, then, that the combat had ended and his master was about to remount Rocinante, he came to hold the stirrups for him, and before Don Quixote mounted, Sancho fell to his knees before him, and grasping his hand, he kissed it and said:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cMay it please your grace, Se\u00f1or Don Quixote, to give me the governorship of the \u00ednsula that you have won in this fierce combat; for no matter how big it may be, I feel I have the ability to govern it just as well as anyone else who has ever governed \u00ednsulas in this world.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">To which Don Quixote responded:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cLet me point out, brother Sancho, that this adventure and those like it are adventures not of \u00ednsulas but of crossroads, in which nothing is won but a broken head or a missing ear. Have patience, for adventures will present themselves in which you can become not only a governor, but perhaps even more.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">Sancho thanked him profusely, and after kissing his hand again, and the skirt of his cuirass, he helped him to mount Rocinante, and then he mounted his donkey and began to follow his master, who, at a rapid pace, without saying goodbye or speaking any further with the ladies in the carriage, rode into a nearby wood. Sancho followed as fast as his jackass would go, but Rocinante moved so quickly that the squire, seeing himself left behind, was obliged to call to his master to wait for him. Don Quixote did so, pulling on Rocinante\u2019s reins until his weary squire caught up to him, and when he did, Sancho said:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cIt seems to me, Se\u00f1or, that it would be a good idea for us to take refuge in some church; for that man you fought was so badly injured that it won\u2019t be long before he tells the Holy Brotherhood<sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note104\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote104\">104<\/a><\/span><\/sup> what happened, and they\u2019ll arrest us, and by my faith, if they do, before we get out of prison they\u2019ll put us through a terrible time.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cBe quiet,\u201d said Don Quixote. \u201cWhere have you ever seen or read that a knight errant has been brought before the law no matter how many homicides he may have committed?\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cI don\u2019t know anything about omecils,\u201d<sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note105\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote105\">105<\/a><\/span><\/sup> replied Sancho, \u201cand I never did bear one in my life; all I know is that the Holy Brotherhood takes care of people who fight in the countryside, and I don\u2019t want anything to do with that.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cWell, do not trouble yourself, my friend,\u201d Don Quixote responded, \u201cfor I shall save you from the hands of the Chaldeans, not to mention those of the Brotherhood. But tell me as you value your life: have you ever seen a more valiant knight than I anywhere on the face of the earth? Have you read in histories of another who has, or ever had, more spirit in attacking, more courage in persevering, more dexterity in wounding, or more ingenuity in unhorsing?\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cThe truth is,\u201d replied Sancho, \u201cthat I never read any history because I don\u2019t know how to read or write, but I\u2019ll wager that in all my days I\u2019ve never served a bolder master than your grace, and may it please God that all this boldness isn\u2019t paid for in the place I said. What I beg of your grace is that we treat your wounds; a lot of blood is coming out of that ear; and I have some lint<sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note106\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote106\">106<\/a><\/span><\/sup> and a little white salve here in the saddlebags.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cNone of that would be needed,\u201d replied Don Quixote, \u201cif I had remembered to prepare a flask of the balm of Fierabr\u00e1s,<sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note107\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote107\">107<\/a><\/span><\/sup> for just one drop saves both time and medicines.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cWhat flask and what balm is that?\u201d asked Sancho Panza.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cIt is a balm,\u201d replied Don Quixote, \u201cthe recipe for which I have memorized, and with it one need not fear death, nor think that one will die of any wound. When I prepare it and give it to you, all you need do, when you see in some battle that they have cut my body in two (as is wont to happen), is to pick up the part of my body that has fallen to the ground, and very artfully, and with great cunning, before the blood congeals, place it on top of the other half still in the saddle, being careful to fit them together precisely and exactly. Then you will give me only two mouthfuls to drink of the balm I have mentioned, and you will see me sounder than an apple.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cIf that is true,\u201d said Panza, \u201cI renounce here and now the governorship of the \u00ednsula you have promised and want nothing else in payment for my many good services but that your grace give me the recipe for this marvelous potion, for I think an ounce of it will bring more than two <span class=\"italic\">reales<\/span> anywhere, and I don\u2019t need more than that to live an easy and honorable life. But what I\u2019d like to know now is if it costs a lot to make.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cWith less than three <span class=\"italic\">reales<\/span> you can make more than six <span class=\"italic\">azumbres,<\/span>\u201d<sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note108\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote108\">108<\/a><\/span><\/sup> replied Don Quixote.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cPoor sinner that I am!\u201d said Sancho. \u201cWhat is your grace waiting for, why don\u2019t you make it and show me how it\u2019s done?\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cBe quiet, my friend,\u201d Don Quixote responded, \u201cfor I intend to show you greater secrets and do you greater good turns; for now, let us treat these wounds, for my ear hurts more than I should like.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">Sancho took lint and salve out of the saddlebags. But when Don Quixote saw that his helmet had been broken, he thought he would go mad, and placing his hand on his sword and lifting his eyes to heaven, he said:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cI make a vow to the Creator of all things, and to the four Holy Gospels in the fullness of all their writing, that I shall lead the life led by the great Marquis of Mantua when he swore to avenge the death of his nephew Valdovinos, which was to eat no bread at the table, nor to lie with his wife, and other things which I do not remember but I consider <a id=\"page109\" class=\"calibre\"><\/a>them stated here, until I take my entire revenge on the one who has done me so great a wrong.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">On hearing this, Sancho said:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cLook, your grace, Se\u00f1or Don Quixote, if the gentleman did what you ordered him to and went to present himself to my lady Dulcinea of Toboso, then he has already done what he had to do and doesn\u2019t deserve another punishment if he doesn\u2019t commit another crime.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cYou have spoken very well and to the point,\u201d Don Quixote responded, \u201cand so I revoke the part of the vow that deals with wreaking new vengeance on him, but I make it and confirm it again with regard to leading the life I mentioned until such time that I take by force another helmet just as good as this one from some other knight. And do not think, Sancho, that I do this without reflection, for I have a good model to emulate; the same thing happened in exactly the same way with regard to the helmet of Mambrino, which cost Sacripante<sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note109\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote109\">109<\/a><\/span><\/sup> so dearly.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cYour grace should send such vows to the devil, Se\u00f1or,\u201d replied Sancho, \u201cfor they are very dangerous to your health and very damaging to your conscience. If not, then tell me: if for many days we don\u2019t happen to run into a man armed with a helmet, what will we do? Must we keep the vow in spite of so many inconveniences and discomforts, like sleeping in our clothes, and sleeping in the open, and a thousand other acts of penance contained in the vow of that crazy old man the Marquis of Mantua, which your grace wants to renew now? Look, your grace, no armed men travel along these roads, only muledrivers and wagondrivers, and they not only don\u2019t have helmets, but maybe they haven\u2019t even heard of them in all their days.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cIn this you are deceived,\u201d said Don Quixote, \u201cbecause in less than two hours\u2019 time at these crossroads we shall see more armed men than those who besieged Albracca,<sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note110\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote110\">110<\/a><\/span><\/sup> when Angelica the Fair was defeated.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cAll right, then; so be it,\u201d said Sancho, \u201cand may it please God that all goes well with us and the time comes soon when we win this \u00ednsula that is costing me so dear, and then I can die.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cI have already told you, Sancho, that you should have no care in that regard; if an \u00ednsula is lacking, there is always the kingdom of Den<a id=\"page110\" class=\"calibre\"><\/a>mark, or that of Soliadisa,<sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note111\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote111\">111<\/a><\/span><\/sup> which will fit you like the ring on your finger, and because they are on terra firma you ought to rejoice even more. But all of this in due course; look and see if you have anything to eat in those saddlebags, and then we shall go in search of a castle where we can stay the night and prepare the balm I told you of, because I swear before God that my ear is hurting a good deal.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cI have here an onion, and a little cheese, and I don\u2019t know how many crusts of bread,\u201d said Sancho, \u201cbut these are not victuals suitable for a knight as valiant as your grace.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cHow little you understand!\u201d Don Quixote responded. \u201cI shall tell you, Sancho, that it is a question of honor for knights errant not to eat for a month, and when they do eat, it is whatever they find near at hand, and you would know the truth of this if you had read as many histories as I; although there are many of them, in none have I found it written that knights errant ever ate, unless perhaps at some sumptuous banquet offered in their honor; the rest of the time they all but fasted. Although it is understood that they could not live without eating or doing all the other necessities of nature because, in fact, they were men like ourselves, it must also be understood that because they spent most of their lives in the open, unpopulated countryside, without a cook, their most common food would be rustic viands, like those which you offer me now. And so, Sancho my friend, do not concern yourself with what may or may not be to my taste. You should not try to make the world over again or change the nature of errant chivalry.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cForgive me, your grace,\u201d said Sancho. \u201cSince I don\u2019t know how to read or write, as I told you before, I don\u2019t know and am not aware of the rules of the chivalric profession; from now on I\u2019ll stock the saddlebags with all kinds of dried fruit for your grace, since you are a knight, and for me, since I\u2019m not, I\u2019ll fill them with other things that have wings and are more substantial.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cI am not saying, Sancho,\u201d replied Don Quixote, \u201cthat it is necessary for knights errant not to eat anything other than those fruits you mention, but simply that their most ordinary sustenance consisted of them and of certain plants found in the fields, which were known to them, and to me as well.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cIt\u2019s a great virtue,\u201d Sancho responded, \u201cto know those plants, for I\u2019m thinking that one day we\u2019ll need to use that knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"para\">He took out the things he said he was carrying, and they ate in peace and good companionship. But they wanted to find a place to sleep that night, and they quickly finished their dry and meager meal. Then they climbed back on their mounts and hurried to reach a village before dark, but the sun set, along with the hope of achieving their desire, when they were near the huts of some goatherds, and so they decided to spend the night there; as much as it grieved Sancho not to be in a town, it pleased his master to sleep outdoors, for it seemed to him that each time this occurred it was another act of certification that helped to prove his claim to knighthood.<\/p>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2542\/3752192742_ff9aeb8733_h.jpg&amp;scale=8&amp;rotate=0\" \/>","rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cvc.cervantes.es\/literatura\/clasicos\/quijote\/edicion\/parte1\/cap10\/default.htm\">CHAPTER X<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"extract\">\n<h2 class=\"extractTextNoIndent\"><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"The title of the chapter does not correspond to what is going to be narrated: the episode of the Biscayne has already ended and nothing else happens to Don Quixote with him. The\u00a0Galicians from Yanguas (yang\u00fceses or gallegos) will not appear until I, 15. This possible oversight of Cervantes has always provoked many speculations. RAE title for this chapter in subsequent editions was: 'Of the funny reasoning that passed between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza his squire'\" id=\"return-footnote-191-1\" href=\"#footnote-191-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span class=\"italic\">Concerning what further befell Don Quixote with the Biscayne and the danger in which he found himself with a band of Galicians from Yanguas<\/span> <sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note103\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote103\">103<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2479\/3752171364_fc4940b0d0_b.jpg&amp;scale=8&amp;rotate=0\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"chapterOpenerText\">By this time Sancho Panza, rather badly treated by the servants of the friars, had gotten to his feet and was paying close attention to the battle waged by his master and imploring God, in his heart, that it would be His will to grant Don Quixote a victory in which he would win an \u00ednsula and make Sancho the governor, as he had promised. Seeing, then, that the combat had ended and his master was about to remount Rocinante, he came to hold the stirrups for him, and before Don Quixote mounted, Sancho fell to his knees before him, and grasping his hand, he kissed it and said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cMay it please your grace, Se\u00f1or Don Quixote, to give me the governorship of the \u00ednsula that you have won in this fierce combat; for no matter how big it may be, I feel I have the ability to govern it just as well as anyone else who has ever governed \u00ednsulas in this world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">To which Don Quixote responded:<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cLet me point out, brother Sancho, that this adventure and those like it are adventures not of \u00ednsulas but of crossroads, in which nothing is won but a broken head or a missing ear. Have patience, for adventures will present themselves in which you can become not only a governor, but perhaps even more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">Sancho thanked him profusely, and after kissing his hand again, and the skirt of his cuirass, he helped him to mount Rocinante, and then he mounted his donkey and began to follow his master, who, at a rapid pace, without saying goodbye or speaking any further with the ladies in the carriage, rode into a nearby wood. Sancho followed as fast as his jackass would go, but Rocinante moved so quickly that the squire, seeing himself left behind, was obliged to call to his master to wait for him. Don Quixote did so, pulling on Rocinante\u2019s reins until his weary squire caught up to him, and when he did, Sancho said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cIt seems to me, Se\u00f1or, that it would be a good idea for us to take refuge in some church; for that man you fought was so badly injured that it won\u2019t be long before he tells the Holy Brotherhood<sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note104\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote104\">104<\/a><\/span><\/sup> what happened, and they\u2019ll arrest us, and by my faith, if they do, before we get out of prison they\u2019ll put us through a terrible time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cBe quiet,\u201d said Don Quixote. \u201cWhere have you ever seen or read that a knight errant has been brought before the law no matter how many homicides he may have committed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cI don\u2019t know anything about omecils,\u201d<sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note105\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote105\">105<\/a><\/span><\/sup> replied Sancho, \u201cand I never did bear one in my life; all I know is that the Holy Brotherhood takes care of people who fight in the countryside, and I don\u2019t want anything to do with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cWell, do not trouble yourself, my friend,\u201d Don Quixote responded, \u201cfor I shall save you from the hands of the Chaldeans, not to mention those of the Brotherhood. But tell me as you value your life: have you ever seen a more valiant knight than I anywhere on the face of the earth? Have you read in histories of another who has, or ever had, more spirit in attacking, more courage in persevering, more dexterity in wounding, or more ingenuity in unhorsing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cThe truth is,\u201d replied Sancho, \u201cthat I never read any history because I don\u2019t know how to read or write, but I\u2019ll wager that in all my days I\u2019ve never served a bolder master than your grace, and may it please God that all this boldness isn\u2019t paid for in the place I said. What I beg of your grace is that we treat your wounds; a lot of blood is coming out of that ear; and I have some lint<sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note106\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote106\">106<\/a><\/span><\/sup> and a little white salve here in the saddlebags.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cNone of that would be needed,\u201d replied Don Quixote, \u201cif I had remembered to prepare a flask of the balm of Fierabr\u00e1s,<sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note107\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote107\">107<\/a><\/span><\/sup> for just one drop saves both time and medicines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cWhat flask and what balm is that?\u201d asked Sancho Panza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cIt is a balm,\u201d replied Don Quixote, \u201cthe recipe for which I have memorized, and with it one need not fear death, nor think that one will die of any wound. When I prepare it and give it to you, all you need do, when you see in some battle that they have cut my body in two (as is wont to happen), is to pick up the part of my body that has fallen to the ground, and very artfully, and with great cunning, before the blood congeals, place it on top of the other half still in the saddle, being careful to fit them together precisely and exactly. Then you will give me only two mouthfuls to drink of the balm I have mentioned, and you will see me sounder than an apple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cIf that is true,\u201d said Panza, \u201cI renounce here and now the governorship of the \u00ednsula you have promised and want nothing else in payment for my many good services but that your grace give me the recipe for this marvelous potion, for I think an ounce of it will bring more than two <span class=\"italic\">reales<\/span> anywhere, and I don\u2019t need more than that to live an easy and honorable life. But what I\u2019d like to know now is if it costs a lot to make.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cWith less than three <span class=\"italic\">reales<\/span> you can make more than six <span class=\"italic\">azumbres,<\/span>\u201d<sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note108\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote108\">108<\/a><\/span><\/sup> replied Don Quixote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cPoor sinner that I am!\u201d said Sancho. \u201cWhat is your grace waiting for, why don\u2019t you make it and show me how it\u2019s done?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cBe quiet, my friend,\u201d Don Quixote responded, \u201cfor I intend to show you greater secrets and do you greater good turns; for now, let us treat these wounds, for my ear hurts more than I should like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">Sancho took lint and salve out of the saddlebags. But when Don Quixote saw that his helmet had been broken, he thought he would go mad, and placing his hand on his sword and lifting his eyes to heaven, he said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cI make a vow to the Creator of all things, and to the four Holy Gospels in the fullness of all their writing, that I shall lead the life led by the great Marquis of Mantua when he swore to avenge the death of his nephew Valdovinos, which was to eat no bread at the table, nor to lie with his wife, and other things which I do not remember but I consider <a id=\"page109\" class=\"calibre\"><\/a>them stated here, until I take my entire revenge on the one who has done me so great a wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">On hearing this, Sancho said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cLook, your grace, Se\u00f1or Don Quixote, if the gentleman did what you ordered him to and went to present himself to my lady Dulcinea of Toboso, then he has already done what he had to do and doesn\u2019t deserve another punishment if he doesn\u2019t commit another crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cYou have spoken very well and to the point,\u201d Don Quixote responded, \u201cand so I revoke the part of the vow that deals with wreaking new vengeance on him, but I make it and confirm it again with regard to leading the life I mentioned until such time that I take by force another helmet just as good as this one from some other knight. And do not think, Sancho, that I do this without reflection, for I have a good model to emulate; the same thing happened in exactly the same way with regard to the helmet of Mambrino, which cost Sacripante<sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note109\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote109\">109<\/a><\/span><\/sup> so dearly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cYour grace should send such vows to the devil, Se\u00f1or,\u201d replied Sancho, \u201cfor they are very dangerous to your health and very damaging to your conscience. If not, then tell me: if for many days we don\u2019t happen to run into a man armed with a helmet, what will we do? Must we keep the vow in spite of so many inconveniences and discomforts, like sleeping in our clothes, and sleeping in the open, and a thousand other acts of penance contained in the vow of that crazy old man the Marquis of Mantua, which your grace wants to renew now? Look, your grace, no armed men travel along these roads, only muledrivers and wagondrivers, and they not only don\u2019t have helmets, but maybe they haven\u2019t even heard of them in all their days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cIn this you are deceived,\u201d said Don Quixote, \u201cbecause in less than two hours\u2019 time at these crossroads we shall see more armed men than those who besieged Albracca,<sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note110\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote110\">110<\/a><\/span><\/sup> when Angelica the Fair was defeated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cAll right, then; so be it,\u201d said Sancho, \u201cand may it please God that all goes well with us and the time comes soon when we win this \u00ednsula that is costing me so dear, and then I can die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cI have already told you, Sancho, that you should have no care in that regard; if an \u00ednsula is lacking, there is always the kingdom of Den<a id=\"page110\" class=\"calibre\"><\/a>mark, or that of Soliadisa,<sup class=\"calibre4\"><span class=\"footnoteRef\"><a id=\"note111\" class=\"calibre2\" href=\"..\/footnotes#footnote111\">111<\/a><\/span><\/sup> which will fit you like the ring on your finger, and because they are on terra firma you ought to rejoice even more. But all of this in due course; look and see if you have anything to eat in those saddlebags, and then we shall go in search of a castle where we can stay the night and prepare the balm I told you of, because I swear before God that my ear is hurting a good deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cI have here an onion, and a little cheese, and I don\u2019t know how many crusts of bread,\u201d said Sancho, \u201cbut these are not victuals suitable for a knight as valiant as your grace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cHow little you understand!\u201d Don Quixote responded. \u201cI shall tell you, Sancho, that it is a question of honor for knights errant not to eat for a month, and when they do eat, it is whatever they find near at hand, and you would know the truth of this if you had read as many histories as I; although there are many of them, in none have I found it written that knights errant ever ate, unless perhaps at some sumptuous banquet offered in their honor; the rest of the time they all but fasted. Although it is understood that they could not live without eating or doing all the other necessities of nature because, in fact, they were men like ourselves, it must also be understood that because they spent most of their lives in the open, unpopulated countryside, without a cook, their most common food would be rustic viands, like those which you offer me now. And so, Sancho my friend, do not concern yourself with what may or may not be to my taste. You should not try to make the world over again or change the nature of errant chivalry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cForgive me, your grace,\u201d said Sancho. \u201cSince I don\u2019t know how to read or write, as I told you before, I don\u2019t know and am not aware of the rules of the chivalric profession; from now on I\u2019ll stock the saddlebags with all kinds of dried fruit for your grace, since you are a knight, and for me, since I\u2019m not, I\u2019ll fill them with other things that have wings and are more substantial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cI am not saying, Sancho,\u201d replied Don Quixote, \u201cthat it is necessary for knights errant not to eat anything other than those fruits you mention, but simply that their most ordinary sustenance consisted of them and of certain plants found in the fields, which were known to them, and to me as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u201cIt\u2019s a great virtue,\u201d Sancho responded, \u201cto know those plants, for I\u2019m thinking that one day we\u2019ll need to use that knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">He took out the things he said he was carrying, and they ate in peace and good companionship. But they wanted to find a place to sleep that night, and they quickly finished their dry and meager meal. Then they climbed back on their mounts and hurried to reach a village before dark, but the sun set, along with the hope of achieving their desire, when they were near the huts of some goatherds, and so they decided to spend the night there; as much as it grieved Sancho not to be in a town, it pleased his master to sleep outdoors, for it seemed to him that each time this occurred it was another act of certification that helped to prove his claim to knighthood.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2542\/3752192742_ff9aeb8733_h.jpg&amp;scale=8&amp;rotate=0\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-191-1\">The title of the chapter does not correspond to what is going to be narrated: the episode of the Biscayne has already ended and nothing else happens to Don Quixote with him. The\u00a0<span class=\"italic\">Galicians from Yanguas (<\/span>yang\u00fceses or gallegos) will not appear until I, 15. 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