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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66 <strong>Don</strong> <strong>Quixote</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>la</strong> <strong>Mancha</strong> <br />
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'T was a lie, and so I told her, <br />
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And her cousin, very bold, <br />
Challenged me upon my honor; <br />
What ensued need not be told. 42 <br />
High‐flown words do not become me; <br />
I’m a p<strong>la</strong>in and simple man. <br />
Pure the love that I would offer, <br />
Serving thee as best I can. <br />
Silken are the bonds of marriage, <br />
When two hearts do intertwine; <br />
Mother Church the yoke will fasten; <br />
Bow your neck and I’ll bow mine. <br />
Or if not, my word I’ll give thee, <br />
From these mountains I’ll come down – <br />
Saint most hold be my witness – <br />
Wearing a Capuchin gown. 43 <br />
Here the goatherd brought his song to an end, and though <strong>Don</strong> <strong>Quixote</strong> entreated <br />
him to sing more, Sancho had no mind that way, being more inclined for sleep than <br />
for listening to songs; so said he to his master, "Your worship will do well to settle at <br />
once where you mean to pass the night, for the <strong>la</strong>bor these good men are at all day <br />
does not allow them to spend the night in singing." <br />
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"I un<strong>de</strong>rstand thee, Sancho," replied <strong>Don</strong> <strong>Quixote</strong>; "I perceive clearly that those visits <br />
to the wine‐skin <strong>de</strong>mand compensation in sleep rather than in music." <br />
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"It's sweet to us all, blessed be God," said Sancho. <br />
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42 Essentially, he killed the cousin in a duel. <br />
43 In other words, he’ll become a monk.
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