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&ot;what wouldst thou have fer fro all thou hast said, sancho?&ot;asked don ixote

&ot;y ang is,&ot; said sancho, &ot;let set about beg sats, andwe shall obta ore ickly the fair fa we are strivg after;for you know, senor, yesterday or the day before yesterday （for itis lately one ay say ） they canonised and beatified o littlebarefoot friars, and it is now reckoned the greatest good ck to kisr touch the iron 插s with which they girt and tortured theirbodies, and they are held greater veneration, it is said, thanthe sword of roland the aroury of our lord the kg, who godpreserve that, senor, it is better to be an huble little friar ofno atter what order, than a valiant knight-errant; with god auple of dozen of penance lashgs are of ore avail than othoand lance-thrts, be they given to giants, or onsters, ordragons&ot;

&ot;all that is true,&ot; returned don ixote, &ot;but we cannot all befriars, and any are the ways by which god takes his own to heaven;chivalry is a religion, there are sated knights glory&ot;

&ot;yes,&ot; said sancho, &ot;but i have heard say that there are ore friars heaven than knights-errant&ot;

&ot;that,&ot; said don ixote, &ot;is becae those religio ordersare ore nuro than knights&ot;

&ot;the errants are any,&ot; said sancho

&ot;any,&ot; replied don ixote, &ot;but few they who deserve the na ofknights&ot;

with these, and other discsions of the sa rt, they passed thatnight and the follog day, without