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LABOULAY,E SRA RY BOOK Todos Santos, the daughter of the noble knight Don Pasquale Bartolomeo Francesco de Asiz y—”’ “Enough,” said the king. "I did not ask for your genealogy; we are witnessing neither your baptism nor your marriage. What are you commonly called? "Sire," replied she, “I am called Pazza.” ! “And why are you called Pazza?”’ c Because it is not my name." “That is strange,” said the king. c No, it is natural,” replied the child. “My aunt pretends that I am too giddy for any saint to wish to own me for her goddaughter, and that is why she has given me a name that can offend no one in Paradise." “Well answered, my child. I see that you are not an ordinary girl. The saints in Paradise are not always treated with such consideration. Since you know so much, tell me what is a wise man? " "SA wise man, sire, is one who knows what he says when he speaks, and what he does when he acts.” “Upon my word,” exclaimed the king, “‘if my wise men were what you fancied them, I would make the Academy of Sciences my council of state, and would give it my kingdom to govern. What is an ignorant man: "Sire," returned Pazza, "there are three kinds of igno =r 1 That is to say, Madcap, in Italian. It appears that a very mixed language is spoken in the kingdom of Wild Oats. 150
