Sancho Panza in His Island: Comic Opera in One Act

Excuse me, but illustrious Don Sancho...

To whom are you speaking? I warn you quite clearly and
quite frankly that I do not take the Don; I call myself
Pança, plain and simple; my Father was named
Pança and Pança was the name of my grandfather,
I want neither titles, nor Lordships: it is like
fine clothes, there are so many sorts of people who
adorn themselves with them that one no longer stands out
except by not wearing them.

Very well! Lord Sancho, plain and simple, these are the inhabitants of the Island who are coming
in a crowd to see their new Governor.

These people are choosing a bad time, I was expecting
my dear Juliette here.

It is a homage they owe you, and they are gathering
to render it to you in ceremony.

What the devil! is it a matter of performing here,

Without a doubt.

I would much prefer it if they performed my dinner.

Here they are.

A decorative woodcut tailpiece at the bottom of the page depicts a small winged figure (Mercury or a cherub) centered between two symmetrical, upward-curving leafy branches.