Sancho beheld all, “and nothing gave him pain;” 871 so far from that, acting on the proverb he knew so well, “when thou art at Rome do as thou seest,” 872 he asked Ricote for his bota and took aim like the rest of them, and with not less enjoyment. Four times did the botas bear being uplifted, but the fifth it was all in vain, for they were drier and more sapless than a rush by that time, which made the jollity that had been kept up so far begin to flag.