Sancho Panza.
the squire of Don Quixote, was governor of Barataʹria, according to Cervantes. He is described as a short, pot-bellied rustic, full of common sense, but without a grain of “spirituality.” He rode upon an ass, Dapple, and was famous for his proverbs. Panza, in Spanish, means paunch.
A Sancho Panza. A justice of the peace. In allusion to Sancho, as judge in the isle of Barataʹria.
