{"id":30,"date":"2018-11-16T10:34:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T10:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/donquixoteoflamancha\/chapter\/to-the-book-of-don-quixote-of-la-mancha\/"},"modified":"2018-11-16T10:34:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T10:34:03","slug":"to-the-book-of-don-quixote-of-la-mancha","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/donquixoteoflamancha\/chapter\/to-the-book-of-don-quixote-of-la-mancha\/","title":{"rendered":"To the book of Don Quixote of La Mancha"},"content":{"raw":"

U<\/span>RGANDA THE<\/span> U<\/span>NRECOGNIZED<\/span> <\/span>15<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/h2>\n
\n

If to reach goodly read-<\/p>\n

oh book, you proceed with cau-,<\/p>\n

you cannot, by the fool-,<\/p>\n

be called a stumbling nin-.<\/p>\n

But if you are too impa<\/p>\n

and pull the loaf untime-<\/p>\n

from the fire and go careen-<\/p>\n

into the hands of the dim<\/p>\n

you\u2019ll see them lost and puzz-<\/p>\n

though they long to appear learn-.<\/p>\n

And since experience teach-<\/p>\n

that \u2019neath a tree that\u2019s stur<\/p>\n

the shade is the most shelt<\/p>\n

in B\u00e9jar your star so luck-<\/p>\n

unto you a royal tree off-,<\/p>\n

its fruit most noble prin-;<\/p>\n

there a generous duke does flow-,<\/p>\n

like a second Alexand-:<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

\n

seek out his shade, for bold-<\/p>\n

is favored by Dame Fort-.16<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

You will recount the advent-<\/p>\n

of a gentleman from La Manch-<\/p>\n

whose idle reading of nov-<\/p>\n

caused him to lose his reas-:<\/p>\n

fair maidens, arms, and chiv<\/p>\n

spurred him to imita<\/p>\n

of Orlando Furio-,17<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

exemplar of knightly lov-;<\/p>\n

by feats of his arm so might-<\/p>\n

he won the lady of Tobo-.<\/p>\n

Do not inscribe indiscre<\/p>\n

on your shield, or hieroglyph-;<\/p>\n

for when your hand lacks face-<\/p>\n

with deuces and treys you wag-.<\/p>\n

Be humble in your dedica<\/p>\n

and you will hear no deri-;<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat? Don Alvaro de la Lu-,18<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

and great Hannibal of Carth-,<\/p>\n

and in Spain, King Francis-<\/p>\n

all lamenting his misfor-!\u201d<\/p>\n

Since it\u2019s not the will of hea<\/p>\n

for you to be quite as cle<\/p>\n

as Juan Latin the Afri-,19<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

avoid Latin words and phra-.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t pretend to erudi-,<\/p>\n

or make claims to philo-;<\/p>\n

when you commence the fak<\/p>\n

and twist your mouth in decep-<\/p>\n

those who are truly the<\/p>\n

learn-will call your tricks into ques-.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t mind the business of oth-,<\/p>\n

and don\u2019t engage in gos-;<\/p>\n

it\u2019s a sign of utmost wis-:<\/p>\n

ignore the faults of your broth-.<\/p>\n

Those who speak much too glib<\/p>\n

often fail in their inten-;<\/p>\n

your only goal and ambi-<\/p>\n

should be a good reputa-;<\/p>\n

the writer who stoops to fol-<\/p>\n

gains nothing but constant cen-.<\/p>\n

Be careful: it is impru<\/p>\n

if your walls are made of crys<\/p>\n

to pick up stones and peb<\/p>\n

and throw them at your neigh-.<\/p>\n

Let the mature man of reas<\/p>\n

in the works that he compo-<\/p>\n

place his feet with circumspec-;<\/p>\n

if his writing\u2019s too lightheart-,<\/p>\n

meant for young girls\u2019 sheer amuse-,<\/p>\n

he writes only for the sim-.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

AMAD\u00cdS OF<\/span> GAUL<\/span> 20<\/a><\/span><\/sup> TO<\/span> DON<\/span> QUIXOTE OF<\/span> LA<\/span> MANCHA<\/span><\/p>\n\n

\n

A Sonnet<\/span><\/p>\n

You, who mimicked the tearful life of woe<\/p>\n

that I, in isolation, scorned by love,<\/p>\n

led on the lofty heights of Pe\u00f1a Pobre,21<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

when all my joy did shrink to penitence,<\/p>\n

you, to whom your eyes did give to drink<\/p>\n

abundant waters, though briny with salt tears,<\/p>\n

and, removing for your sake its min\u2019ral wealth,<\/p>\n

earth did give of the earth for you to eat,<\/p>\n

be certain that for all eternity,<\/p>\n

as long, at least, as golden-haired Apollo<\/p>\n

drives steeds across the fourth celestial sphere,<\/p>\n

you will enjoy renown as a valiant knight;<\/p>\n

your kingdom will be first among all realms;<\/p>\n

and your wise chronicler, unique on earth.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

DON<\/span> BELIAN\u00cdS OF<\/span> GREECE<\/span> 22<\/a><\/span><\/sup> TO<\/span> DON<\/span> QUIXOTE OF<\/span> LA<\/span> MANCHA<\/span><\/p>\n\n

\n

A Sonnet<\/span><\/p>\n

I bruised, and fought, and cut, and said, and did<\/p>\n

more than any knight errant who e\u2019er lived;<\/p>\n

I was deft, I was valiant, I was proud;<\/p>\n

I avenged a thousand wrongs and righted more.<\/p>\n

To Lady Fame I gave eternal deeds;<\/p>\n

I was a lover courtly and discreet;<\/p>\n

to me great giants were no more than dwarves,<\/p>\n

and I answered every challenge with a duel.<\/p>\n

I had Dame Fortune prostrate at my feet;<\/p>\n

my prudence seized on Chance and never failed<\/p>\n

to turn her to me, pulling with both hands.<\/p>\n

And yet, though my good fortunes ever soared<\/p>\n

as high as the horn\u00e9d moon that sails the sky,<\/p>\n

I envy, O Quixote, your great feats!<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

LADY<\/span> ORIANA<\/span> 23<\/a><\/span><\/sup> TO<\/span> DULCINEA OF<\/span> TOBOSO<\/span><\/p>\n\n

\n

A Sonnet<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, if only, beauteous Dulcinea,<\/p>\n

for greater ease and peace I had my castle,<\/p>\n

Miraflores, in Toboso; could change<\/p>\n

its London for the comforts of your town!<\/p>\n

Oh, if only your desire and your dress<\/p>\n

adorned my soul and body, I could see<\/p>\n

the famous knight you made so fortunate<\/p>\n

in unequal combat with his enemies!<\/p>\n

Oh, if only I chastely might escape<\/p>\n

Sir Amad\u00eds, as you did Don Quixote,<\/p>\n

that courteous and noble errant knight!<\/p>\n

Then I\u2019d be the envied, not the envying,<\/p>\n

and melancholy time would turn to joy,<\/p>\n

and I\u2019d delight in pleasures without end.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

GANDAL\u00cdN,<\/span> SQUIRE TO<\/span> AMAD\u00cdS OF<\/span> GAUL, TO<\/span> SANCHO<\/span> PANZA,<\/span> SQUIRE TO<\/span> DON<\/span> QUIXOTE<\/span><\/p>\n\n

\n

A Sonnet<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh hail, famed man, when our good Lady Fortune<\/p>\n

brought you to this our squirely vocation,<\/p>\n

she carried out her plan with so much care,<\/p>\n

that you ne\u2019er suffered grief or dire disgrace.<\/p>\n

Now the hoe and the scythe do not repel<\/p>\n

knight errantry; now it is common custom<\/p>\n

to find a simple squire, and so I denounce<\/p>\n

the pride that sets its sights upon the moon.<\/p>\n

I envy you your donkey and your name,<\/p>\n

I envy you as well the saddlebags<\/p>\n

that proved your forethought and sagacity.<\/p>\n

Hail once again, O Sancho! So good a man,<\/p>\n

that only you, when the Ovid of our Spain<\/p>\n

bows to kiss your hand, smack him on the head.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

FROM<\/span> DONOSO, AN<\/span> ECLECTIC<\/span> POET, TO<\/span> SANCHO<\/span> PANZA AND<\/span> ROCINANTE<\/span><\/p>\n\n

\n

I am the squire, Sancho Pan-,<\/p>\n

of the Manchegan Don Quixo-;<\/p>\n

I often turned, oft retreat-,<\/p>\n

and lived; the better part\u2019s discre-;<\/p>\n

that wise man called Villadie-24<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

summarized his long life\u2019s mot<\/p>\n

in a single word: withdraw-.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the view in Celesti-,<\/span> 25<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

a book that\u2019d be divine, I reck-,<\/p>\n

if it embraced more of the hum-.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

To Rocinante<\/p>\n\n

\n

I am famous Rocinan-,<\/p>\n

great-grandson of Babie-,26<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

for the sin of being skin-<\/p>\n

I belonged to Don Quixo-.<\/p>\n

I ran races like a slack-<\/p>\n

but was never late for sup-.<\/p>\n

I learned this from Lazari-.27<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

to empty out the blind man\u2019s wine-<\/p>\n

you must use a straw: how cle-.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

ORLANDO<\/span> FURIOSO TO<\/span> DON<\/span> QUIXOTE OF<\/span> LA<\/span> MANCHA<\/span><\/p>\n\n

\n

A Sonnet<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are not a peer, then you\u2019ve had none:<\/p>\n

for you would have no peer among a thousand;<\/p>\n

nor could there be a peer where you are found,<\/p>\n

unconquerable conqueror, ne\u2019er conquered.<\/p>\n

I am Orlando who, Quixote, undone<\/p>\n

by fair Angelica, saw distant seas,<\/p>\n

and offered on the altars of Lady Fame<\/p>\n

the valor that respected oblivion.<\/p>\n

I cannot be your equal; I am humbled<\/p>\n

by your prowess, your noble deeds, your fame,<\/p>\n

for you, like me, have gone and lost your mind.<\/p>\n

But my equal you will be if you defeat<\/p>\n

the haughty Moor, the charging beast;<\/p>\n

today we are called equal in ill-fated love.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

THE<\/span> KNIGHT OF<\/span> PHOEBUS<\/span> 28<\/a><\/span><\/sup> TO<\/span> DON<\/span> QUIXOTE OF<\/span> LA<\/span> MANCHA<\/span><\/p>\n\n

\n

A Sonnet<\/span><\/p>\n

This my sword was no equal to your own,<\/p>\n

O Spanish Phoebus, courtly paragon,<\/p>\n

nor to your heights of valor this my hand<\/p>\n

though it flashed where the day is born and dies.<\/p>\n

I turned down empires, refused the monarchy<\/p>\n

that red-lit Orient offered me in vain<\/p>\n

so I could look upon the sovereign visage<\/p>\n

of Claridiana, my most beauteous dawn.<\/p>\n

I loved her by a miracle rare and strange,<\/p>\n

and, absent in misfortune, she came to fear<\/p>\n

this arm of mine that tamed her raging scorn.<\/p>\n

But you, noble Quixote, high and brave,<\/p>\n

your lady\u2019s made you eternal in this world,<\/p>\n

and through you she is famous, good, and wise.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

FROM<\/span> SOLISD\u00c1N<\/span> 29<\/a><\/span><\/sup> TO<\/span> DON<\/span> QUIXOTE OF<\/span> LA<\/span> MANCHA<\/span><\/p>\n\n

\n

A Sonnet<\/span><\/p>\n

Well may it be, Quixote, that sheer folly<\/p>\n

hath overturned thy reason and thy wit,<\/p>\n

but ne\u2019er wilt thou be assailed by any man<\/p>\n

as one who hath wrought actions vile and base.<\/p>\n

These thy great feats will judge this to be truth,<\/p>\n

for thou, knight errant, hath righted many wrongs<\/p>\n

and wreaked thy vengeance on a thousand varlets<\/p>\n

for dastardly assaults and villainies.<\/p>\n

And if thy lady-love, fair Dulcinea,<\/p>\n

treateth thee with harsh and rigorous scorn,<\/p>\n

and looketh not with pity on thy grief,<\/p>\n

in such affliction let thy comfort be<\/p>\n

that Sancho Panza wast no go-between,<\/p>\n

a fool he, she of stone, and thou no lover.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

DIALOGUE<\/span> BETWEEN<\/span> BABIECA AND<\/span> ROCINANTE<\/span><\/p>\n\n

\n

A Sonnet<\/span><\/p>\n

B. Why is it, Rocinante, that you\u2019re so thin?<\/p>\n

R. Too little food, and far too much hard labor.<\/p>\n

B. But what about your feed, your oats and hay?<\/p>\n

R. My master doesn\u2019t leave a bite for me.<\/p>\n

B. Well, Se\u00f1or, your lack of breeding shows<\/p>\n

because your ass\u2019s tongue insults your master.<\/p>\n

R. He\u2019s the ass, from the cradle to the grave.<\/p>\n

Do you want proof? See what he does for love.<\/p>\n

B. Is it foolish to love?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 R. It\u2019s not too smart.<\/p>\n

B. You\u2019re a philosopher.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 R. I just don\u2019t eat.<\/p>\n

B. And do you complain of the squire?\u00a0\u00a0 R. Not enough.<\/p>\n

How can I complain despite my aches and pains<\/p>\n

if master and squire, or is it majordomo,<\/p>\n

are nothing but skin and bone, like Rocinante?<\/p>\n\n<\/div>","rendered":"

U<\/span>RGANDA THE<\/span> U<\/span>NRECOGNIZED<\/span> <\/span>15<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/h2>\n
\n

If to reach goodly read-<\/p>\n

oh book, you proceed with cau-,<\/p>\n

you cannot, by the fool-,<\/p>\n

be called a stumbling nin-.<\/p>\n

But if you are too impa<\/p>\n

and pull the loaf untime-<\/p>\n

from the fire and go careen-<\/p>\n

into the hands of the dim<\/p>\n

you\u2019ll see them lost and puzz-<\/p>\n

though they long to appear learn-.<\/p>\n

And since experience teach-<\/p>\n

that \u2019neath a tree that\u2019s stur<\/p>\n

the shade is the most shelt<\/p>\n

in B\u00e9jar your star so luck-<\/p>\n

unto you a royal tree off-,<\/p>\n

its fruit most noble prin-;<\/p>\n

there a generous duke does flow-,<\/p>\n

like a second Alexand-:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

seek out his shade, for bold-<\/p>\n

is favored by Dame Fort-.16<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

You will recount the advent-<\/p>\n

of a gentleman from La Manch-<\/p>\n

whose idle reading of nov-<\/p>\n

caused him to lose his reas-:<\/p>\n

fair maidens, arms, and chiv<\/p>\n

spurred him to imita<\/p>\n

of Orlando Furio-,17<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

exemplar of knightly lov-;<\/p>\n

by feats of his arm so might-<\/p>\n

he won the lady of Tobo-.<\/p>\n

Do not inscribe indiscre<\/p>\n

on your shield, or hieroglyph-;<\/p>\n

for when your hand lacks face-<\/p>\n

with deuces and treys you wag-.<\/p>\n

Be humble in your dedica<\/p>\n

and you will hear no deri-;<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat? Don Alvaro de la Lu-,18<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

and great Hannibal of Carth-,<\/p>\n

and in Spain, King Francis-<\/p>\n

all lamenting his misfor-!\u201d<\/p>\n

Since it\u2019s not the will of hea<\/p>\n

for you to be quite as cle<\/p>\n

as Juan Latin the Afri-,19<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

avoid Latin words and phra-.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t pretend to erudi-,<\/p>\n

or make claims to philo-;<\/p>\n

when you commence the fak<\/p>\n

and twist your mouth in decep-<\/p>\n

those who are truly the<\/p>\n

learn-will call your tricks into ques-.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t mind the business of oth-,<\/p>\n

and don\u2019t engage in gos-;<\/p>\n

it\u2019s a sign of utmost wis-:<\/p>\n

ignore the faults of your broth-.<\/p>\n

Those who speak much too glib<\/p>\n

often fail in their inten-;<\/p>\n

your only goal and ambi-<\/p>\n

should be a good reputa-;<\/p>\n

the writer who stoops to fol-<\/p>\n

gains nothing but constant cen-.<\/p>\n

Be careful: it is impru<\/p>\n

if your walls are made of crys<\/p>\n

to pick up stones and peb<\/p>\n

and throw them at your neigh-.<\/p>\n

Let the mature man of reas<\/p>\n

in the works that he compo-<\/p>\n

place his feet with circumspec-;<\/p>\n

if his writing\u2019s too lightheart-,<\/p>\n

meant for young girls\u2019 sheer amuse-,<\/p>\n

he writes only for the sim-.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

AMAD\u00cdS OF<\/span> GAUL<\/span> 20<\/a><\/span><\/sup> TO<\/span> DON<\/span> QUIXOTE OF<\/span> LA<\/span> MANCHA<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

A Sonnet<\/span><\/p>\n

You, who mimicked the tearful life of woe<\/p>\n

that I, in isolation, scorned by love,<\/p>\n

led on the lofty heights of Pe\u00f1a Pobre,21<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

when all my joy did shrink to penitence,<\/p>\n

you, to whom your eyes did give to drink<\/p>\n

abundant waters, though briny with salt tears,<\/p>\n

and, removing for your sake its min\u2019ral wealth,<\/p>\n

earth did give of the earth for you to eat,<\/p>\n

be certain that for all eternity,<\/p>\n

as long, at least, as golden-haired Apollo<\/p>\n

drives steeds across the fourth celestial sphere,<\/p>\n

you will enjoy renown as a valiant knight;<\/p>\n

your kingdom will be first among all realms;<\/p>\n

and your wise chronicler, unique on earth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

DON<\/span> BELIAN\u00cdS OF<\/span> GREECE<\/span> 22<\/a><\/span><\/sup> TO<\/span> DON<\/span> QUIXOTE OF<\/span> LA<\/span> MANCHA<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

A Sonnet<\/span><\/p>\n

I bruised, and fought, and cut, and said, and did<\/p>\n

more than any knight errant who e\u2019er lived;<\/p>\n

I was deft, I was valiant, I was proud;<\/p>\n

I avenged a thousand wrongs and righted more.<\/p>\n

To Lady Fame I gave eternal deeds;<\/p>\n

I was a lover courtly and discreet;<\/p>\n

to me great giants were no more than dwarves,<\/p>\n

and I answered every challenge with a duel.<\/p>\n

I had Dame Fortune prostrate at my feet;<\/p>\n

my prudence seized on Chance and never failed<\/p>\n

to turn her to me, pulling with both hands.<\/p>\n

And yet, though my good fortunes ever soared<\/p>\n

as high as the horn\u00e9d moon that sails the sky,<\/p>\n

I envy, O Quixote, your great feats!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

LADY<\/span> ORIANA<\/span> 23<\/a><\/span><\/sup> TO<\/span> DULCINEA OF<\/span> TOBOSO<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

A Sonnet<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, if only, beauteous Dulcinea,<\/p>\n

for greater ease and peace I had my castle,<\/p>\n

Miraflores, in Toboso; could change<\/p>\n

its London for the comforts of your town!<\/p>\n

Oh, if only your desire and your dress<\/p>\n

adorned my soul and body, I could see<\/p>\n

the famous knight you made so fortunate<\/p>\n

in unequal combat with his enemies!<\/p>\n

Oh, if only I chastely might escape<\/p>\n

Sir Amad\u00eds, as you did Don Quixote,<\/p>\n

that courteous and noble errant knight!<\/p>\n

Then I\u2019d be the envied, not the envying,<\/p>\n

and melancholy time would turn to joy,<\/p>\n

and I\u2019d delight in pleasures without end.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

GANDAL\u00cdN,<\/span> SQUIRE TO<\/span> AMAD\u00cdS OF<\/span> GAUL, TO<\/span> SANCHO<\/span> PANZA,<\/span> SQUIRE TO<\/span> DON<\/span> QUIXOTE<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

A Sonnet<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh hail, famed man, when our good Lady Fortune<\/p>\n

brought you to this our squirely vocation,<\/p>\n

she carried out her plan with so much care,<\/p>\n

that you ne\u2019er suffered grief or dire disgrace.<\/p>\n

Now the hoe and the scythe do not repel<\/p>\n

knight errantry; now it is common custom<\/p>\n

to find a simple squire, and so I denounce<\/p>\n

the pride that sets its sights upon the moon.<\/p>\n

I envy you your donkey and your name,<\/p>\n

I envy you as well the saddlebags<\/p>\n

that proved your forethought and sagacity.<\/p>\n

Hail once again, O Sancho! So good a man,<\/p>\n

that only you, when the Ovid of our Spain<\/p>\n

bows to kiss your hand, smack him on the head.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

FROM<\/span> DONOSO, AN<\/span> ECLECTIC<\/span> POET, TO<\/span> SANCHO<\/span> PANZA AND<\/span> ROCINANTE<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

I am the squire, Sancho Pan-,<\/p>\n

of the Manchegan Don Quixo-;<\/p>\n

I often turned, oft retreat-,<\/p>\n

and lived; the better part\u2019s discre-;<\/p>\n

that wise man called Villadie-24<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

summarized his long life\u2019s mot<\/p>\n

in a single word: withdraw-.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the view in Celesti-,<\/span> 25<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

a book that\u2019d be divine, I reck-,<\/p>\n

if it embraced more of the hum-.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

To Rocinante<\/p>\n

\n

I am famous Rocinan-,<\/p>\n

great-grandson of Babie-,26<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

for the sin of being skin-<\/p>\n

I belonged to Don Quixo-.<\/p>\n

I ran races like a slack-<\/p>\n

but was never late for sup-.<\/p>\n

I learned this from Lazari-.27<\/a><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

to empty out the blind man\u2019s wine-<\/p>\n

you must use a straw: how cle-.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

ORLANDO<\/span> FURIOSO TO<\/span> DON<\/span> QUIXOTE OF<\/span> LA<\/span> MANCHA<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

A Sonnet<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are not a peer, then you\u2019ve had none:<\/p>\n

for you would have no peer among a thousand;<\/p>\n

nor could there be a peer where you are found,<\/p>\n

unconquerable conqueror, ne\u2019er conquered.<\/p>\n

I am Orlando who, Quixote, undone<\/p>\n

by fair Angelica, saw distant seas,<\/p>\n

and offered on the altars of Lady Fame<\/p>\n

the valor that respected oblivion.<\/p>\n

I cannot be your equal; I am humbled<\/p>\n

by your prowess, your noble deeds, your fame,<\/p>\n

for you, like me, have gone and lost your mind.<\/p>\n

But my equal you will be if you defeat<\/p>\n

the haughty Moor, the charging beast;<\/p>\n

today we are called equal in ill-fated love.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

THE<\/span> KNIGHT OF<\/span> PHOEBUS<\/span> 28<\/a><\/span><\/sup> TO<\/span> DON<\/span> QUIXOTE OF<\/span> LA<\/span> MANCHA<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

A Sonnet<\/span><\/p>\n

This my sword was no equal to your own,<\/p>\n

O Spanish Phoebus, courtly paragon,<\/p>\n

nor to your heights of valor this my hand<\/p>\n

though it flashed where the day is born and dies.<\/p>\n

I turned down empires, refused the monarchy<\/p>\n

that red-lit Orient offered me in vain<\/p>\n

so I could look upon the sovereign visage<\/p>\n

of Claridiana, my most beauteous dawn.<\/p>\n

I loved her by a miracle rare and strange,<\/p>\n

and, absent in misfortune, she came to fear<\/p>\n

this arm of mine that tamed her raging scorn.<\/p>\n

But you, noble Quixote, high and brave,<\/p>\n

your lady\u2019s made you eternal in this world,<\/p>\n

and through you she is famous, good, and wise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

FROM<\/span> SOLISD\u00c1N<\/span> 29<\/a><\/span><\/sup> TO<\/span> DON<\/span> QUIXOTE OF<\/span> LA<\/span> MANCHA<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Sonnet<\/span><\/p>\n

Well may it be, Quixote, that sheer folly<\/p>\n

hath overturned thy reason and thy wit,<\/p>\n

but ne\u2019er wilt thou be assailed by any man<\/p>\n

as one who hath wrought actions vile and base.<\/p>\n

These thy great feats will judge this to be truth,<\/p>\n

for thou, knight errant, hath righted many wrongs<\/p>\n

and wreaked thy vengeance on a thousand varlets<\/p>\n

for dastardly assaults and villainies.<\/p>\n

And if thy lady-love, fair Dulcinea,<\/p>\n

treateth thee with harsh and rigorous scorn,<\/p>\n

and looketh not with pity on thy grief,<\/p>\n

in such affliction let thy comfort be<\/p>\n

that Sancho Panza wast no go-between,<\/p>\n

a fool he, she of stone, and thou no lover.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

DIALOGUE<\/span> BETWEEN<\/span> BABIECA AND<\/span> ROCINANTE<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

A Sonnet<\/span><\/p>\n

B. Why is it, Rocinante, that you\u2019re so thin?<\/p>\n

R. Too little food, and far too much hard labor.<\/p>\n

B. But what about your feed, your oats and hay?<\/p>\n

R. My master doesn\u2019t leave a bite for me.<\/p>\n

B. Well, Se\u00f1or, your lack of breeding shows<\/p>\n

because your ass\u2019s tongue insults your master.<\/p>\n

R. He\u2019s the ass, from the cradle to the grave.<\/p>\n

Do you want proof? See what he does for love.<\/p>\n

B. Is it foolish to love?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 R. It\u2019s not too smart.<\/p>\n

B. You\u2019re a philosopher.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 R. I just don\u2019t eat.<\/p>\n

B. And do you complain of the squire?\u00a0\u00a0 R. Not enough.<\/p>\n

How can I complain despite my aches and pains<\/p>\n

if master and squire, or is it majordomo,<\/p>\n

are nothing but skin and bone, like Rocinante?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-30","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/donquixoteoflamancha\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/donquixoteoflamancha\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/donquixoteoflamancha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/donquixoteoflamancha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/donquixoteoflamancha\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/30\/revisions"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/donquixoteoflamancha\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/0"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/donquixoteoflamancha\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/30\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/donquixoteoflamancha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/donquixoteoflamancha\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/donquixoteoflamancha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/donquixoteoflamancha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}