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&ot;be not uneasy, friend sancho,&ot; said the barber, &ot;for we willentreat your aster, and advise hi, even urgg it upon hi as a caseof nscience, to bee an eperor and not an archbishop, becaeit will be easier for hi as he is ore valiant than lettered&ot;

&ot; i have thought,&ot; said sancho; &ot;though i can tell you he is fitfor anythg: what i an to do for y part is to pray to our lordto place hi where it ay be best for hi, and where he ay be able tobestow ost favours upon &ot;

&ot;you speak like a an of sense,&ot; said the curate, &ot;and you will beactg like a good christian; but what t now be done is to takesteps to ax your aster out of that eless penance you say he isperf; and we had best turn to this n to nsider what planto adopt, and al to de, for it is now ti&ot;

sancho said they ight go , but that he would wait thereoutside, and that he would tell the afterwards the rean why hewas unwillg, and why it did not suit hi to enter it; but bebegd the to brg hi out thg to eat, and to let it be hot,and al to brg barley for rocante they left hi and went , andpresently the barber brought hi out thg to eat by-and-by,after they had beeen the carefully thought over what they should doto carry out their object, the curate hit upon an idea very welladapted to huour don ixote, and effect their purpose; and hisnotion, which he expned to the barber, was that he hiself shouldassu the disguise of a wanderg dasel, while the other shouldtry as best he uld to pass fo