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o tother ake but one, noithstandg and spite of that pretended tordesillese writer who has ventured orwould venture with his great, arse, ill-trid ostrich ill towrite the achievents of y valiant knight;- no burden for hisshoulders, nor subject for his frozen wit: who, if per插nce thohouldst e to know hi, thou shalt warn to leave at rest where theylie the weary oulderg bones of don ixote, and not to attept tocarry hi off, opposition to all the priviles of death, to oldcastile, akg hi rise fro the grave where reality and truthhe lies stretched at full length, powerless to ake any thirdexpedition or new sally; for the o that he has already ade, uchto the enjoynt and approval of everybody to who they have beeknown, this as well as foreign untries, are ite sufficientfor the purpose of turng to ridicule the whole of those ade bythe whole set of the knights-errant; and dog shalt thou dis插rthy christian callg, givg good unsel to one that bearsill-will to thee and i shall rea satisfied, and proud to have beenthe first who has ever enjoyed the fruit of his writgs as fully a射 uld desire; for y desire has been no other than to deliverover to the detestation of ankd the false and foolish tales ofthe books of chivalry, which, thanks to that of y true don ixote,are even now totterg, and doubtless dood to fall for everfarewell&ot;

-the end-

dedication of part ii

to the unt of leos:

these days past, when sendg your excellency y plays, that hadappeared prt bef