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Of the ingenious contest between Don Quixote and the Canon; with other incidents.
"A good jest, truly," said Don Quixote, "that books printed with the license of kings and the approbation of the examiners, read with general pleasure, and applauded by great and small, poor and rich, learned and ignorant, nobles and plebeians,—in short, by people of every state and condition, should be all lies, and, at the same time, appear so much like truth! Study well these books, sigńor; for, believe me, you will find that they will exhilarate and improve your mind. Of myself I can only say, that since I have been a knight-errant I am become valiant, polite, liberal, well-bred, generous, courteous, daring, affable, patient, a sufferer of toils, imprisonments, and enchantments; and although so lately enclosed within a cage like a maniac, yet do I hope, by the valour of my arm, and the favour of Heaven, to see myself in a short time king of some kingdom, when I may display the gratitude and liberality enclosed in this breast of mine; for, upon my faith, sir, the poor man is unable to exercise the virtue of liberality; and the gratitude which consists only in inclination is a dead thing. I shall, therefore, rejoice when fortune presents me with an opportunity of exalting myself, that I may shew my heart in conferring benefits on my friends, especially on poor Sancho Panza here, my squire, who is one of the best men in the world; and I would fain bestow on him an earldom, as I have long since promised: although I am somewhat in doubt of his ability in the government of his estate."
Sancho overhearing his master's last words, said, "Take you
the trouble, Sigńor Don Quixote, to procure me that same earldom
which your worship has so often promised, and I have been
so long waiting for, and you shall see that I shall not want for
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ability to govern it. But even if I should, there are people, I
have heard say, who farm these lordships, and, paying the owners
so much a-year, take upon themselves the government of the
whole; whilst his lordship lolls at his ease, enjoying his estate,
without concerning himself any further about it. Just so will I
do, and give myself no more trouble than needs must, but enjoy
myself like any duke, and let the world rub." "This, brother
Sancho," said the canon, "may be done, as far as regards the
management of your revenue; but the administration of justice
must be attended to by the lord himself; and requires capacity,
judgment, and above all, an upright intention, without which
nothing prospers: for Heaven assists the good intent of the
simple, and disappoints the evil designs of the cunning." "I do
not understand these philosophies," answered Sancho; "all I
know is, that I wish I may as surely have an earldom as I should
know how to govern it; for I have as large a soul as another, and
as large a (...)
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