Medieval Idol

I thought this passage from Cervantes' Don Quixote was rather amusing given the comment box regarding the Gonzaga prayer:

...replied Vivaldo, 'but one thing, among many others, which I can by no means approve in your profession, is, that when you are going to engage in some very hazardous adventure, where your lives are evidently to be much endangered, you never once remember to commend yourselves to God, as every good Christian ought to do on such occasions, but only recommend yourselves to your mistresses, and that with as great zeal and devtion as if you worshipped no other deity, a thing which, in my opinion, strongly relishes of Paganism.' 'Sir,' replied Don Quixote, 'there is no altering that method; for, should a knight-errant do otherwise, he would too much deviate from the anicent and established customs of knight-errantry, which inviolably oblige him, just in the moment when he is rushing on, and giving birth to some dubious achievement, to have his mistress still before his eyes, still present in his mind, by a strong and lively imagination, and with soft, amorous, and energetic looks, imploring her favour and protection in that perilous circumstance. Nay, if nobody can overhear him, he is obliged to whisper, or speak between his teeth, some short ejaculations, to recommend himself with all the fervency imaginable to the lady of his wishes, and of this we have innumerable examples in history. Nor are you for all this to imagine, that knights-errant omit recommending themselves to Heaven, for they have leisure enough to do it even in the midst of the combat.'