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Marriage in Esquivias

Cervantes surrenders to amorous pursuits. Having just had a daughter with Ana Franca – the wife of a tavern owner – he then travels to Esquivias, Toledo, to help the widow of a poet friend to posthumously publish a songbook. Once there, he marries Catalina Palacios Salazar, a woman half his age. He sells the rights to La Galatea, which is published the following year.