DEDICATION OF PART I
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To The
Duke Of
Bejar,
Marquis Of
Gibraleon,
Count Of
Benalcazar
And
Banares,
Vicecount Of
The Puebla De Alcocer,
Master Of The
Towns
Of
Capilla,
Curiel And
Burguillos
In belief of the
good reception and honours that Your Excellency bestows on all sort of
books, as prince so inclined to favor good arts, chiefly those who by their nobleness do not submit to the service and bribery of the vulgar, I have
determined bringing to light The
Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of
la Mancha, in shelter of Your Excellency's glamorous name, to whom, with the obeisance I owe to such grandeur, I pray to receive it
agreeably under his protection, so that in this shadow, though deprived of that
precious ornament of elegance and erudition that clothe the works composed in the houses of those who know, it dares
appear with assurance in the
judgment of some who, trespassing the bounds of their own
ignorance, use to condemn with more
rigour and less
justice the writings of others. It is my
earnest hope that
Your Excellency's
good counsel in regard to my
honourable purpose, will not disdain the littleness of so humble a
service.
Miguel de Cervantes
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