WHEREIN AN ACCOUNT IS GIVEN OF THE WEDDING OF CAMACHO THE
RICH, TOGETHER WITH THE INCIDENT OF BASILIO THE POOR
Sancho was still snoring when his master was up and awake the next
morning. After having soliloquized at length before the sleeping
squire, he awoke him by ticking him with his lance. Sancho smelled the
preparations for the wedding-feast, and at once was wide awake. His
master asked him to hasten and come along, and they set off on their
mounts and soon arrived at the place where the wedding was to be
celebrated. They found there an arcade erected and through this they
entered. There was being cooked and prepared enough food to feed every
one in town, and when Sancho saw all the good things, his mouth began
to water, and he could hardly control himself. As a matter of fact, he
soon succumbed to his temptations and he did not have to beg twice,
for the cooks told him that this was a day on which no one was to go
hungry, that being the wish of the rich Camacho, and they even told
him to keep the spoon. So Sancho skimmed all the pots to his heart's
content.
Soon the musicians and dancers arrived, and these performed an
allegorical dance and play, but nothing interested Sancho as much as
the skimmings, to which he returned after having finished an argument
with his master about the relative qualities of Camacho the Rich and
the poor Basilio; Camacho being the better provider, Sancho was
decidedly in favor of him.