Note 85 — INTRODUCTION TO THE GALATEA.
Herman Oelsner translation
As Cervantes intended to dedicate the new Don Quixote (and, presumably, the new Galatea) to the Conde de Lemos, he may very naturally have thought that it would be out of place to mention either of these works in the dedication of the Viaje del Parnaso to Rodrigo de Tapia. But the short address to the reader gave him the opportunity which no one used more cleverly—when he had any announcement to make. Moreover, he had another excellent opening when he referred to the Galatea in the text of the Viaje del Parnaso:
Yo corté con mi ingenio aquel vestido Con que al mundo la hermosa Galatea Salió para librarse del olvido.
(cap. iv. ter. 5.)