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His father’s name was José⁠—Don, of course⁠—

A true Hidalgo, free from every stain

Of Moor or Hebrew blood, he traced his source

Through the most Gothic gentlemen of Spain;

A better cavalier ne’er mounted horse,

Or, being mounted, e’er got down again,

Than José, who begot our hero, who

Begot⁠—but that’s to come⁠—Well, to renew: