Henextproceededtoinspecthishack, which, withmorequartosthanarealandmoreblemishesthanthesteedofGonela, that "tantumpellisetossafuit," , because (ashesaidtohimself) itwasnotrightthatahorsebelongingtoaknightsofamous, andonewithsuchmeritsofhisown, shouldbewithoutsomedistinctivename, andhestrovetoadaptitsoastoindicatewhathehadbeenbeforebelongingtoaknight-errant, andwhathethenwas; foritwasonlyreasonablethat, hismastertakinganewcharacter, heshouldtakeanewname, andthatitshouldbeadistinguishedandfull-soundingone, , afterhavingcomposed, struckout, rejected, addedto, unmade, andremadeamultitudeofnamesoutofhismemoryandfancy, hedecideduponcallinghimRocinante, aname, tohisthinking, lofty, sonorous, andsignificantofhisconditionasahackbeforehebecamewhathenowwas, thefirstandforemostofallthehacksintheworld.
Havinggotanameforhishorsesomuchtohistaste, hewasanxioustogetoneforhimself, andhewaseightdaysmoreponderingoverthispoint, tillatlasthemadeuphismindtocallhimself "DonQuixote," whence, ashasbeenalreadysaid, theauthorsofthisveracioushistoryhaveinferredthathisnamemusthavebeenbeyondadoubtQuixada, , however, thatthevaliantAmadiswasnotcontenttocallhimselfcurtlyAmadisandnothingmore, butaddedthenameofhiskingdomandcountrytomakeitfamous, andcalledhimselfAmadisofGaul, he, likeagoodknight, resolvedtoaddonthenameofhis, andtostylehimselfDonQuixoteofLaMancha, whereby, heconsidered, hedescribedaccuratelyhisoriginandcountry, anddidhonourtoitintakinghissurnamefromit.
Sothen, hisarmourbeingfurbished, hismorionturnedintoahelmet, hishackchristened, andhehimselfconfirmed, hecametotheconclusionthatnothingmorewasneedednowbuttolookoutforaladytobeinlovewith; foraknight-errantwithoutlovewaslikeatreewithoutleavesorfruit, , "If, formysins, orbymygoodfortune, Icomeacrosssomegianthereabouts, acommonoccurrencewithknightserrant, andoverthrowhiminoneonslaught, orcleavehimasundertothewaist, or, inshort, vanquishandsubduehim, willitnotbewelltohavesomeoneImaysendhimtoasapresent, thathemaycomeinandfallonhiskneesbeforemysweetlady, andinahumble, submissivevoicesay, 'IamthegiantCaraculiambro, lordoftheislandofMalindrania, vanquishedinsinglecombatbytheneversufficientlyextolledknightDonQuixoteofLaMancha, whohascommandedmetopresentmyselfbeforeyourGrace, thatyourHighnessdisposeofmeatyourpleasure'?" Oh, howourgoodgentlemanenjoyedthedeliveryofthisspeech, especiallywhenhehadthoughtofsomeonetocallhisLady! Therewas, sothestorygoes, inavillagenearhisownaverygood-lookingfarm-girlwithwhomhehadbeenatonetimeinlove, though, sofarasisknown, , anduponherhethoughtfittoconferthetitleofLadyofhisThoughts; andaftersomesearchforanamewhichshouldnotbeoutofharmonywithherown, andshouldsuggestandindicatethatofaprincessandgreatlady, hedecideduponcallingherDulcineadelToboso—shebeingofElToboso—aname, tohismind, musical, uncommon, andsignificant, likeallthosehehadalreadybestoweduponhimselfandthethingsbelongingtohim.
