FROM EL DONOSO, THE MOTLEY POET,

On Sancho Panza and Rocinante

ON SANCHO

I am the esquire Sancho Pan— Who served Don Quixote of La Man—; But from his service I retreat—, Resolved to pass my life discreet—; For Villadiego, called the Si—, Maintained that only in reti— Was found the secret of well-be—, According to the “Celesti—:” A book divine, except for sin— By speech too plain, in my opin—

ON ROCINANTE

I am that Rocinante fa—, Great-grandson of great Babie—, Who, all for being lean and bon—, Had one Don Quixote for an own—; But if I matched him well in weak—, I never took short commons meek—, But kept myself in corn by steal—, A trick I learned from Lazaril—, When with a piece of straw so neat— The blind man of his wine he cheat—.