Both were astounded at Don Quixote's new craze; however, lest he should once more make off out of the village from them in pursuit of his chivalry, they trusting that in the course of the year he might be cured, fell in with his new project, applauded his crazy idea as a bright one, and offered to share the life with him. "And what's more," said Samson Carrasco, "I am, as all the world knows, a very famous poet, and I'll be always making verses, pastoral, or courtly, or as it may come into my head, to pass away our time in those secluded regions where we shall be roaming. But what is most needful, sirs, is that each of us should choose the name of the shepherdess he means to glorify in his verses, and that we should not leave a tree, be it ever so hard, without writing up and carving her name on it, as is the habit and custom of love-smitten shepherds."
Pasmáronse todos de ver la nueva locura de don Quijote; pero, porque no se les fuese otra vez del pueblo a sus caballerías, esperando que en aquel año podría ser curado, concedieron con su nueva intención, y aprobaron por discreta su locura, ofreciéndosele por compañeros en su ejercicio. -Y más -dijo Sansón Carrasco-, que, como ya todo el mundo sabe, yo soy celebérrimo poeta y a cada paso compondré versos pastoriles, o cortesanos, o como más me viniere a cuento, para que nos entretengamos por esos andurriales donde habemos de andar; y lo que más es menester, señores míos, es que cada uno escoja el nombre de la pastora que piensa celebrar en sus versos, y que no dejemos árbol, por duro que sea, donde no la retule y grabe su nombre, como es uso y costumbre de los enamorados pastores.