The devil, in his malice, has put into the world a great number of books that are called chivalric romances, which, though they are full of lies and follies, are read with great pleasure by many people.
— Cervantes Early Modern

Don Quixote

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Don Quixote, Part I, Chapter VI

Date / Period

1605

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/996/996-h/996-h.htm#link2H_4_0006

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