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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 />


<br />

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 />


<br />


<br />

<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 />


<br />

























































<br />

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.”


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