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The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha

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46
 <strong>Don</strong>
<strong>Quixote</strong>
<strong>de</strong>
<strong>la</strong>
<strong>Mancha</strong>
<br />


<br />

bearing,
and
resolved
to
follow
his
example,
so
he
waited
for
him
keeping
well
<br />

un<strong>de</strong>r
cover
of
his
cushion,
being
unable
to
execute
any
sort
of
maneuver
with
his
<br />

mule,
which,
<strong>de</strong>ad
tired
and
never
meant
for
this
kind
of
game,
could
not
stir
a
step.
<br />


<br />

On,
then,
as
aforesaid,
came
<strong>Don</strong>
<strong>Quixote</strong>
against
the
wary
Biscayan,
with
uplifted
<br />

sword
and
a
firm
intention
of
splitting
him
in
half,
while
on
his
si<strong>de</strong>
the
Biscayan
<br />

waited
for
him
sword
in
hand,
and
un<strong>de</strong>r
the
protection
of
his
cushion;
and
all
<br />

present
stood
trembling,
waiting
in
suspense
the
result
of
blows
such
as
threatened
<br />

to
fall,
and
the
<strong>la</strong>dy
in
the
coach
and
the
rest
of
her
following
were
making
a
<br />

thousand
vows
and
offerings
to
all
the
images
and
shrines
of
Spain,
that
God
might
<br />

<strong>de</strong>liver
her
squire
and
all
of
them
from
this
great
peril
in
which
they
found
<br />

themselves.
But
it
spoils
all,
that
at
this
point
and
crisis
the
author
of
the
history
<br />

leaves
this
battle
impending,
giving
as
excuse
that
he
could
find
nothing
more
<br />

written
about
these
achievements
of
<strong>Don</strong>
<strong>Quixote</strong>
than
what
has
been
already
set
<br />

forth.
It
is
true
the
second
author 30 
of
this
work
was
unwilling
to
believe
that
a
<br />

history
so
curious
could
have
been
allowed
to
fall
un<strong>de</strong>r
the
sentence
of
oblivion,
or
<br />

that
the
wits
of
La
<strong>Mancha</strong>
could
have
been
so
undiscerning
as
not
to
preserve
in
<br />

their
archives
or
registries
some
documents
referring
to
this
famous
knight;
and
this
<br />

being
his
persuasion,
he
did
not
<strong>de</strong>spair
of
finding
the
conclusion
of
this
pleasant
<br />

history
.
.
.
.
<br />



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<br />

30 
Cervantes
himself,
adopting
here
–
with
tongue
in
cheek
–
a
<strong>de</strong>vice
used
in
the
<br />

romances
of
chivalry
to
create
suspense.


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