| There lived not long since in a certaine vilage
of the Mancha, the name wherof I purposely omit, a Yeoman |
Chr. Marlowe English'd the vvhole tale for
U, Manco – not an easy feat! Ei, ei, ei, ei! many a pen gone t'pot in
mi chr–
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| of their calling that use to pile up in their
hals old( e) Launces, Halbards, Morrions, and such other armours and
weapons. |
onicle o' th' mad aduentures of a great don
'n' a smal Sancho! Hush! Wait! Printed properlie, it shall run i' los
corrales. Hush! B– (*)
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Manco. Sp. maimed. Cervantes' nickname; his left hand
was crippled. The adventures are mad – Quixote is a great don. (Kit
is Sancho) Cervantes must want the work to be a play; los
corrales were the playhouses of Madrid. Kit says the book should
come first, then the play.
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