Before revision: (p. 355–356) An even earlier reference can be found in "Don Quixote " by Miguel de Cervantes, from 1605 (the exception being Cervantes substituting "goats" for "sheep"): "Let your worship keep count of the goats the fisherman is taking across, for if one escapes the memory there will be an end of the story, and it will be impossible to tell another word of it."
After revision: (p. 355–356) An even earlier reference can be found in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, from 1605 (the exception being Cervantes substituting "goats" for "sheep"): "Let your worship keep count of the goats the fisherman is taking across, for if one escapes the memory there will be an end of the story, and it will be impossible to tell another word of it."