e,
whence, as has already been said, the authors of this veracious
history have inferred that his name must have been beyond a doubt
Quixada, and not Quesada as others would have it. Recollecting however
that the valiant Amadis was not content to call himself curtly Amadis
and nothing more, but added the name of his kingdom and country to
make it famous, and called himself Amadis of Gaul: he, like a good
knight, resolved to add on the name of his and to style himself Don
Quixote of La Mancha; whereby he considered he described accurately
his origin and country, and did honor to it in taking his surname from
it.

So then, his armor being furbished, his morion turned into a helmet,
his hack christened, and he himself confirmed, he came to the
conclusion that nothing more was needed now but to look out for a
lady to be in love with; for a knight-errant without love was like a
tree without leaves or fruit, or a body without a soul. As he said to
himself:--"If for my sins or by my good fortune I come across some
giant hereabouts,--a common occurrence with knights-errant,--and
overthrow him in one onslaught, or cleave him asunder to the waist,
or in short, vanquish and subdue him, will it not be well to
have some one I may send him to as a present, that he may come
in and fall on his knees before my sweet lady and in a humble,
submissive voice say:--'I am the giant Caraculiambro, lord of
the island of Malindrania, vanquished in single combat by the
never-sufficiently-extolled knight Don Quixote of La Mancha, who has
commanded me to present myself before your Grace, that your Highness
dispose of me at your pleasure'"? Oh, how our good gentleman enjoyed
the delivery of this speech, especially when he had thought of some
one to call his Lady! There was, so the story goes, in a village near
his own a very good-looking farm-girl with whom he had been at one
time in love, though so far as is known, she never knew it nor gave a
thought to the matter. Her name was Aldonza Lorenzo, and upon her he
thought fit to confer the title of Lady of his Thoughts; and after
some search for a name which should not be out of harmony with her
own, and should suggest and indicate that of a princess and great
lady, he decided upon calling her Dulcinea del Toboso--she being of El
Toboso--a name, to his mind, musical, uncommon, and significant, like
all those he had already bestowed upon himself and the things
belonging to him.

OF WHAT HAPPENE