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The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha

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 <strong>Don</strong>
<strong>Quixote</strong>
<strong>de</strong>
<strong>la</strong>
<strong>Mancha</strong>
<br />


<br />

as
well
as
wounds,
the
purity
and
continence
of
the
p<strong>la</strong>tonic
loves
of
your
worship
<br />

and
my
<strong>la</strong>dy
Doña
Dulcinea
<strong>de</strong>l
Toboso
–
"
<br />


<br />

"I
never
heard
my
<strong>la</strong>dy
Dulcinea
called
Doña,"
observed
Sancho
here;
"nothing
more
<br />

than
the
<strong>la</strong>dy
Dulcinea
<strong>de</strong>l
Toboso;
so
here
already
the
history
is
wrong."
<br />


<br />

"That
is
not
an
objection
of
any
importance,"
replied
Carrasco.
<br />


<br />

"Certainly
not,"
said
<strong>Don</strong>
<strong>Quixote</strong>;
"but
tell
me,
señor
bachelor,
what
<strong>de</strong>eds
of
mine
<br />

are
they
that
are
ma<strong>de</strong>
most
of
in
this
history?"
<br />


<br />

"On
that
point,"
replied
the
bachelor,
"opinions
differ,
as
tastes
do;
some
swear
by
<br />

the
adventure
of
the
windmills
that
your
worship
took
to
be
Briareuses
and
giants;
<br />

others
by
that
of
the
fulling
mills;
one
cries
up
the
<strong>de</strong>scription
of
the
two
armies
that
<br />

afterwards
took
the
appearance
of
two
droves
of
sheep;
another
that
of
the
<strong>de</strong>ad
<br />

body
on
its
way
to
be
buried
at
Segovia;
a
third
says
the
liberation
of
the
galley
<br />

s<strong>la</strong>ves
is
the
best
of
all,
and
a
fourth
that
nothing
comes
up
to
the
affair
with
the
<br />

Benedictine
giants,
and
the
battle
with
the
valiant
Biscayan."
<br />


<br />

"Tell
me,
señor
bachelor,"
said
Sancho
at
this
point,
"does
the
adventure
with
the
<br />

Yanguesans
come
in,
when
our
good
Rocinante
went
hankering
after
dainties?" 12 
<br />


<br />

"<strong>The</strong>
sage
has
left
nothing
in
the
ink‐bottle,"
replied
Sanson;
"he
tells
all
and
sets
<br />

down
everything,
even
to
the
capers
that
worthy
Sancho
cut
in
the
b<strong>la</strong>nket." 13 
<br />

























































<br />

12 
Yanguesans
–
inhabitants
of
the
small
town
of
Yanguas,
in
the
province
of
Soria;
<br />

they
were
pasturing
a
herd
of
mares
that
caught
the
eye
of
Rosinante;
when
he
tried
<br />

to
approach
them
with
amorous
intent,
the
Yanguensans
beat,
him
first,
and
then

<br />

<strong>Quixote</strong>
and
Sancho
when
they
tried
to
come
to
his
rescue.
<br />

13 
Sancho
and
<strong>Quixote</strong>
stayed
the
night
at
an
inn,
which
<strong>Quixote</strong>,
of
course,
took
for
a
<br />

castle.
<strong>The</strong>
following
morning,
the
innkeeper
<strong>de</strong>man<strong>de</strong>d
payment,
exp<strong>la</strong>ining
that
<br />

this
was,
in
fact,
an
inn.

<strong>Quixote</strong>,
citing
chivalric
tradition,
refused
to
pay
and
ro<strong>de</strong>
<br />

off,
leaving
Sancho
at
the
mercy
of
four
Segovian
wool
car<strong>de</strong>rs,
who,
as
punishment
<br />

and
amusement,
tossed
him
in
a
b<strong>la</strong>nket,
while
<strong>Quixote</strong>,
now
unable
to
rescue
him,


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