"There is no need that we should go over that ground again," said the licentiate. "I admire the art and the invention you have displayed in the dialogue, and that is enough. Let us go to the Espolon,[[65]] and recreate our bodily eyes, as we have gratified those of our minds."
"With all my heart," said the alferez, and away they went.
[58] Alferez, Ensign.
[59] A common form of invitation, meaning we will partake of a poor repast.
[60] When Cervantes wrote this, a decree had recently been issued limiting the length of the sword.
[61] An old promenade of the city.
[62] The successive owners of this animal were Seius, Dollabella, Cassius, and Anthony. The first of them was executed, the rest committed suicide.
[63] A tax on sales and transfers.
[64] A Christian of Moorish descent.
[65] A promenade on the banks of the Arlozoro at Valladolid.