Note 108 — Chapter VII · DEMOCRACY AND STANDARDS

“This is a chain of galley-slaves,” cried Sancho, “who are going to the galleys.”... “Be it how it may,” replied Don Quixote, “these people, since they are being taken, go by force and not of their own will.... Here comes in the exercise of my office, to redress outrages and to succor and aid the afflicted.” “Let your worship reflect,” said Sancho, “that justice, which is the King’s self, does no violence or wrong to such people, but chastises them in punishment of their crimes.” (Don Quixote, Part I, ch. XXII.)