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&ot;to write any other way,&ot; said don ixote, &ot;would not be towrite truth, but falsehood, and historians who have reurse tofalsehood ought to be burned, like those who false oney; and iknow not what uld have led the author to have reurse to novels andirrelevant stories, when he had uch to write about e; nodoubt he t have gone by the proverb &039;with straw or with hay,≈c,&039; for by rely settg forth y thoughts, y sighs, y tears,y lofty purposes, y enterprises, he ight have ade a vo aslar, or larr than all the works of el tostado would ake up fact, the ncsion i arrive at, senor bachelor, is, that to writehistories, or books of any kd, there is need of great judgnt and aripe understandg to give expression to huour, and write astra of graceful pleasantry, is the gift of great nies thecleverest 插racter edy is the clown, for he who would akepeople take hi for a fool, t not be one history is a asure asacred thg, for it should be true, and where the truth is, there godis; but noithstandg this, there are who write and flg booksbroadcast on the world as if they were fritters&ot;

&ot;there is no book bad but it has thg good it,&ot; saidthe bachelor

&ot;no doubt of that,&ot; replied don ixote; &ot;but it often happensthat those who have acired and attaed a well-deserved reputationby their writgs, lose it entirely, or daa it degree, whenthey give the to the press&ot;

&ot;the rean of that,&ot; said san, &ot;is, that as prted works areexaed lei