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SpainMay 1615The road home
Disarmed for a year, trampled by pigs, and planning a shepherd's life, I rode back towards La Mancha until I saw my village.
Everyday life5 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
Sancho Panza's account: ten days a governor
My squire governed an island, judged like Solomon, starved like a hermit, and resigned like a gentleman. In his own words.
Everyday life7 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
Why I rode out a third time
A bachelor from Salamanca brings news: my history has been printed. My niece objects. Sancho asks for wages.
Everyday life6 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
Home in a cage
Phantoms seized me in my sleep and set me in a cage on an ox-cart. Sancho thinks the phantoms were from our village.
Everyday life5 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
On choosing a squire
A knight needs a squire, and I found mine next door: a sound man with a good donkey and a keen interest in islands.
Everyday life5 min read
- ESSpainJul 1614
How I became a knight
Fifty years a quiet gentleman, then the books spoke plainly: the world needed a knight errant, and I was at hand.
Everyday life6 min read