"the horse has come, our beards are growing, and by every hair in them all of us implore thee to shave and shear us, as it is only mounting him with … - Miguel de Cervantes

De mí sé decir que, después que soy caballero andante, soy valiente, comedido, liberal, bien criado, generoso, cortés, atrevido, blando, paciente, sufridor de trabajos, de prisiones, de encantos;

Countless were the hares ready skinned and the plucked fowls that hung on the trees for burial in the pots, numberless the wildfowl and game of various sorts suspended from the branches that the air might keep them cool. Sancho counted more than sixty wine skins

for the truth may run fine but will not break, and always rises above falsehood as oil above water;