How we cite our quotes: (Part.Book.Chapter.Paragraph) We use the P. A. Motteux translation from 1712 for our quotes. Some familiar character names appear differently in this edition (Sancho Panza is Sancho Panca here, Rocinante is Rozinante, and Doña Rodriguez is Donna Rodriguez). We preserve Motteux's spellings in our quotes but use the more familiar versions of these names in our analysis.
Quote #10
But I am apt to believe, Sir Bachelor, that his madness is too firmly fixed for your art to remove, and (Heaven forgive me) I cannot forbear wishing it may be so. (2.1.65.2)
Don Antonio thinks that Don Quixote's mind is too far gone to be cured, and he's not the only one to hold this opinion. But as we go on to find out, Don Quixote recovers his sanity in the final pages of the book, calling himself a fool for ever thinking that adventure books were historically accurate. So is the point that adventure books are totally bad, or are they just bad if you take them to be truth?