Insula, in Old Spanish, means island. The gentleman dreams of the island of the giant Malindrania in chapter I and promises one to Sancho in chapter VII. In Part Two, Barataria is a place of about a thousand inhabitants, among the best of the duke's, and Sancho hears that the name comes from the place or from the cheap trick by which they gave him the government. The duke guarantees that the insula is "neither movable nor fugitive," and Sancho leaves it in chapter LIII.
Where It Appears
- Part One: The Gentleman and the Windmills
- Part Two: The Duke and Duchess and Clavileño
- Part Two: The Governorship of the Island
Quotes
the insula I promised you is neither movable nor fugitive: it has roots so deep, sunk into the depths of the earth, that no three tugs will tear it up or move it from where it stands.