nty.

[6] Certain churches, with indulgences, appointed to be
visited, either for pardon of sins, or for procuring
blessings. Madmen, probably, in their lucid intervals, were
obliged to this exercise.

[7] "From a friend to a friend, a bug in the eye," is a
proverb applied to the false professions of friendship.

[8] Cervantes makes frequent use of Bible quotations.

[9] A Sicilian, native of Catania, who lived in the latter
part of the sixteenth century. He was commonly called
Pesce-cola, or Fish-Nicholas, and is said to have lived so
much in the water from his infancy, that he could cleave the
waters in the midst of a storm like a marine animal.

[10] _Zapateadores_: dancers that strike the soles of their
shoes with the palms of their hands, in time and measure.

[11] The phrase, _No quiero de tu capilla_, alludes to the
practice of friars, who, when charity is offered, hold out
their hoods to receive it, while they pronounce a refusal
with their tongues.

[12] The entire proverb is: "He whose father is mayor goes
safe to his trial."

[13] The proverb is: "To keep silence well is called
_Santo_."

[14] Jarvis's translation.

[15] Trunk-hose were prohibited by royal decree shortly
after the publication of _Don Quixote_.

[16] It was customary for men of quality to wear a veil or
mask depending from the covering worn on the head, in order
to shield the face from the sun.

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