The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha
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CHAPTER LII 61 <br />
<strong>Don</strong> <strong>Quixote</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>la</strong> <strong>Mancha</strong> 115 <br />
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OF THE QUARREL THAT DON QUIXOTE HAD WITH THE GOATHERD, TOGETHER <br />
WITH THE RARE ADVENTURE OF THE PENITENTS, WHICH WITH AN <br />
EXPENDITURE OF SWEAT HE BROUGHT TO A HAPPY CONCLUSION <br />
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<strong>The</strong> goatherd's tale gave great satisfaction to all the hearers, and the canon 62 <br />
especially enjoyed it, for he had remarked with particu<strong>la</strong>r attention the manner in <br />
which it had been told, which was as unlike the manner of a clownish goatherd as it <br />
was like that of a polished city wit; and he observed that the curate had been quite <br />
right in saying that the woods bred men of learning. <strong>The</strong>y all offered their services <br />
to Eugenio but he who showed himself most liberal in this way was <strong>Don</strong> <strong>Quixote</strong>, <br />
who said to him, "Most assuredly, brother goatherd, if I found myself in a position to <br />
attempt any adventure, I would, this very instant, set out on your behalf, and would <br />
rescue Leandra from that convent (where no doubt she is kept against her will), in <br />
spite of the abbess and all who might try to prevent me, and would p<strong>la</strong>ce her in your <br />
hands to <strong>de</strong>al with her according to your will and pleasure, observing, however, the <br />
<strong>la</strong>ws of chivalry which <strong>la</strong>y down that no violence of any kind is to be offered to any <br />
damsel. But I trust in God our Lord that the might of one malignant enchanter may <br />
not prove so great but that the power of another better disposed may prove <br />
superior to it, and then I promise you my support and assistance, as I am bound to <br />
do by my profession, which is none other than to give aid to the weak and needy." <br />
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61 <strong>The</strong> <strong>la</strong>st chapter of Part One. Through various <strong>de</strong>vices, including the use of <strong>Don</strong> <br />
<strong>Quixote</strong>’s own belief in enchantments and spells, the curate and the barber have <br />
persua<strong>de</strong>d the knight to let himself be taken home in an ox cart. <br />
62 A canon from Toledo who has joined <strong>Don</strong> <strong>Quixote</strong> and his guardians on the way; <br />
conversing about chivalry with the knight, he has had cause to be “astonished at <strong>Don</strong> <br />
<strong>Quixote</strong>’s well‐reasoned nonsense.”