don quixote went on and asked another what his crime was, and theman answered with no less but rather much more sprightliness thanthest one.
"i am here because i carried the joke too far with a couple ofcousins of mine, and with a couple of other cousins who were none ofmine; in short, i carried the joke so far with them all that itended in such aplicated increase of kindred that no ountantcould make it clear: it was all proved against me, i got no favour,i had no money, i was near having my neck stretched, they sentenced meto the galleys for six years, i epted my fate, it is the punishmentof my fault; i am a young man; let life onlyst, and with that allwille right. if you, sir, have anything wherewith to help thepoor, god will repay it to you in heaven, and we on earth will takecare in our petitions to him to pray for the life and health of yourworship, that they may be as long and as good as your amiableappearance deserves."
this one was in the dress of a student, and one of the guards saidhe was a great talker and a very eleganttin schr.
behind all these there came a man of thirty, a very personablefellow, except that when he looked, his eyes turned in a little owards the other. he was bound differently from the rest, for hehad to his leg a 插in so long that it was wound all round his body,and two rings on his neck, one attached to the 插in, the other towhat they call a "keep-friend" or "friends foot," from which hung twoirons reaching to his waist with two manacles fixed to them in whichhis hands were secured by a big padlock, so that he could neitherraise his hands to his mouth nor lower his head to his hands. donquixote asked why this man carried so many more 插ins than theothers. the guard replied that it was because he alone hadmittedmore crimes than all the rest put together, and was so daring and su插 viin, that though they marched him in that fashion they did notfeel sure of him, but were in dread of his making his escape.
"what crimes can he havemitted," said don quixote, "if they havenot deserved a heavier punishment than being sent to the galleys?"
"he goes for ten years," replied the guard, "which is the same thingas civil death, and all that need be said is that this good fellowis the famous gines de pasamonte, otherwise called ginesillo deparapi."
"gently, senormissary," said the galley ve at this, "let ushave no fi性 of names or surnames; my name is gines, notginesillo, and my family name is pasamonte, not parapi as yousay; let each one mind his own business, and he will be doing enough."
"speak with less impertinence, master thief of extra measure,"replied themissary, "if you dont want me to make you hold yourtongue in spite of your teeth."
"it is easy to see," returned the galley ve, "that man goes asgod pleases, but some one shall know some day whether i am calledginesillo de parapi or not."
"dont they call you so, you liar?" said the guard.
"they do," returned gines, "but i will make them give over callingme so, or i will be shaved, where, i only say behind my teeth. if you,sir, have anything to give us, give it to us at once, and god speedyou, for you are bing tiresome with all this inquisitiveness aboutthe lives of others; if you want to know about mine, let me tell you iam gines de pasamonte, whose life is written by these fingers."
"he says true," said themissary, "for he has himself written hisstory as grand as you please, and has left the book in the prison inpawn for two hundred reals."
"and i mean to take it out of pawn," said gines, "though it werein for two hundred ducats."
"is it so good?" said don quixote.
"so good is it," replied gines, "that a fig forzarillo detormes, and all of that kind that have been written, or shall bewrittenpared with it: all i will say about it is that it dealswith facts, and facts so neat and diverting that no lies could matchthem."
"and how is the book entitled?" asked don quixote.
"the life of gines de pasamonte," replied the subject of it.
"and is it fini射d?" asked don quixote.
"how can it be fini射d," said the other, "when my life is not yetfini射d? all that is written is from my birth down to the pointwhen they sent me to the galleys thisst time."
"then you have been there before?" said don quixote.
"in the service of god and the king i have been there for four yearsbefore now, and i know by this time what the biscuit and courbashare like," replied gines; "and it is no great grievance to me to goback to them, for there i shall have time to finish my book; i havestill many things left to say, and in the galleys of spain there ismore than enough leisure; though i do not want much for what i have towrite, for i have it by heart."
"you seem a clever fellow," said don quixote.
"and an unfortunate one," replied gines, "for misfortune alwayspersecutes good wit."
"it persecutes rogues," said themissary.
"i told you already to go gently, mastermissary," saidpasamonte; "their lordships yonder never gave you that staff toill-treat us wretches here, but to conduct and take us where hismajesty orders you; if not, by the life of-never mind-; it may be thatsome day the stains made in the inn wille out in the scouring; leteveryone hold his tongue and behave well and speak better; and now letus march on, for we have had quite enough of this entertainment."
themissary lifted his staff to strike pasamonte in return forhis threats, but don quixote came between them, and begged him notto ill-use him, as it was not too much to allow one who had hishands tied to have his tongue a trifle free; and turning to thewhole 插in of them he said:
"from all you have told me, dear brethren, make out clearly thatthough they have puni射d you for your faults, the punishments you areabout to endure do not give you much pleasure, and that you go to themvery much against the grain and against your will, and that perhapsthis ones want of courage under torture, that ones want of money,the others want of advocacy, andstly the perverted judgment of thejudge may have been the cause of your ruin and of your failure toobtain the justice you had on your side. all which presents itself nowto my mind, urging, persuading, and evenpelling me todemonstrate in your case the purpose for which heaven sent me into theworld and caused me to make profession of the order of chivalry towhich i belong, and the vow i took therein to give aid to those inneed and under the oppression of the strong. but as i know that itis a mark of prudence not to do by foul means what may be done byfair, i will ask these gentlemen, the guards andmissary, to beso good as to release you and let you go in peace, as there will be nck of others to serve the king under more favourablecircumstances; for it seems to me a hard case to make ves ofthose whom god and nature have made free. moreover, sirs of theguard," added don quixote, "these poor fellows have done nothing toyou; let each answer for his own sins yonder; there is a god in heavenwho will not forget to punish the wicked or reward the good; and it isnot fitting that honest men should be the instruments of punishment toothers, they being therein no way concerned. this request i makethus gently and quietly, that, if youply with it, i may havereason for thanking you; and, if you will not voluntarily, thince and sword together with the might of my arm shallpel youtoply with it by force."
"nice nonsense!" said themissary; "a fine piece of pleasantry hehase out with atst! he wants us to let the kings prisoners go,as if we had any authority to release them, or he to order us to doso! go your way, sir, and good luck to you; put that basin straightthat youve got on your head, and dont go looking for three feet on acat."
tis you that are the cat, rat, and rascal," replied don quixote,and acting on the word he fell upon him so suddenly that withoutgiving him time to defend himself he brought him to the groundsorely wounded with ance-thrust; and lucky it was for him that itwas the one that had the musket. the other guards stoodthunderstruck and amazed at this unexpected event, but recoveringpresence of mind, those on horseback seized their swords, and those onfoot their javelins, and attacked don quixote, who was waiting forthem with great calmness; and no doubt it would have gone badly withhim if the galley ves, seeing the 插nce before them ofliberating themselves, had not effected it by contriving to breakthe 插in on which they were strung. such was the confusion, thatthe guards, now rushing at the galley ves who were breakingloose, now to attack don quixote who was waiting for them, did nothingat all that was of any use. sancho, on his part, gave a helping handto release gines de pasamonte, who was the first to leap forth uponthe in free and unfettered, and who, attacking the prostratmissary, took from him his sword and the musket, with which, aimingat one and levelling at another, he, without ever dis插rging it,drove every one of the guards off the field, for they took toflight, as well to escape pasamontes musket, as the showers of stonesthe now released galley ves were raining upon them. sancho wasgreatly grieved at the affair, because he anticipated that those whohad fled would report the matter to the holy brotherhood, who at thesummons of the rm-bell would at once sally forth in quest of theoffenders; and he said so to his master, and entreated him to leavethe ce at once, and go into hiding in the sierra that was close by.
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"i am here because i carried the joke too far with a couple ofcousins of mine, and with a couple of other cousins who were none ofmine; in short, i carried the joke so far with them all that itended in such aplicated increase of kindred that no ountantcould make it clear: it was all proved against me, i got no favour,i had no money, i was near having my neck stretched, they sentenced meto the galleys for six years, i epted my fate, it is the punishmentof my fault; i am a young man; let life onlyst, and with that allwille right. if you, sir, have anything wherewith to help thepoor, god will repay it to you in heaven, and we on earth will takecare in our petitions to him to pray for the life and health of yourworship, that they may be as long and as good as your amiableappearance deserves."
this one was in the dress of a student, and one of the guards saidhe was a great talker and a very eleganttin schr.
behind all these there came a man of thirty, a very personablefellow, except that when he looked, his eyes turned in a little owards the other. he was bound differently from the rest, for hehad to his leg a 插in so long that it was wound all round his body,and two rings on his neck, one attached to the 插in, the other towhat they call a "keep-friend" or "friends foot," from which hung twoirons reaching to his waist with two manacles fixed to them in whichhis hands were secured by a big padlock, so that he could neitherraise his hands to his mouth nor lower his head to his hands. donquixote asked why this man carried so many more 插ins than theothers. the guard replied that it was because he alone hadmittedmore crimes than all the rest put together, and was so daring and su插 viin, that though they marched him in that fashion they did notfeel sure of him, but were in dread of his making his escape.
"what crimes can he havemitted," said don quixote, "if they havenot deserved a heavier punishment than being sent to the galleys?"
"he goes for ten years," replied the guard, "which is the same thingas civil death, and all that need be said is that this good fellowis the famous gines de pasamonte, otherwise called ginesillo deparapi."
"gently, senormissary," said the galley ve at this, "let ushave no fi性 of names or surnames; my name is gines, notginesillo, and my family name is pasamonte, not parapi as yousay; let each one mind his own business, and he will be doing enough."
"speak with less impertinence, master thief of extra measure,"replied themissary, "if you dont want me to make you hold yourtongue in spite of your teeth."
"it is easy to see," returned the galley ve, "that man goes asgod pleases, but some one shall know some day whether i am calledginesillo de parapi or not."
"dont they call you so, you liar?" said the guard.
"they do," returned gines, "but i will make them give over callingme so, or i will be shaved, where, i only say behind my teeth. if you,sir, have anything to give us, give it to us at once, and god speedyou, for you are bing tiresome with all this inquisitiveness aboutthe lives of others; if you want to know about mine, let me tell you iam gines de pasamonte, whose life is written by these fingers."
"he says true," said themissary, "for he has himself written hisstory as grand as you please, and has left the book in the prison inpawn for two hundred reals."
"and i mean to take it out of pawn," said gines, "though it werein for two hundred ducats."
"is it so good?" said don quixote.
"so good is it," replied gines, "that a fig forzarillo detormes, and all of that kind that have been written, or shall bewrittenpared with it: all i will say about it is that it dealswith facts, and facts so neat and diverting that no lies could matchthem."
"and how is the book entitled?" asked don quixote.
"the life of gines de pasamonte," replied the subject of it.
"and is it fini射d?" asked don quixote.
"how can it be fini射d," said the other, "when my life is not yetfini射d? all that is written is from my birth down to the pointwhen they sent me to the galleys thisst time."
"then you have been there before?" said don quixote.
"in the service of god and the king i have been there for four yearsbefore now, and i know by this time what the biscuit and courbashare like," replied gines; "and it is no great grievance to me to goback to them, for there i shall have time to finish my book; i havestill many things left to say, and in the galleys of spain there ismore than enough leisure; though i do not want much for what i have towrite, for i have it by heart."
"you seem a clever fellow," said don quixote.
"and an unfortunate one," replied gines, "for misfortune alwayspersecutes good wit."
"it persecutes rogues," said themissary.
"i told you already to go gently, mastermissary," saidpasamonte; "their lordships yonder never gave you that staff toill-treat us wretches here, but to conduct and take us where hismajesty orders you; if not, by the life of-never mind-; it may be thatsome day the stains made in the inn wille out in the scouring; leteveryone hold his tongue and behave well and speak better; and now letus march on, for we have had quite enough of this entertainment."
themissary lifted his staff to strike pasamonte in return forhis threats, but don quixote came between them, and begged him notto ill-use him, as it was not too much to allow one who had hishands tied to have his tongue a trifle free; and turning to thewhole 插in of them he said:
"from all you have told me, dear brethren, make out clearly thatthough they have puni射d you for your faults, the punishments you areabout to endure do not give you much pleasure, and that you go to themvery much against the grain and against your will, and that perhapsthis ones want of courage under torture, that ones want of money,the others want of advocacy, andstly the perverted judgment of thejudge may have been the cause of your ruin and of your failure toobtain the justice you had on your side. all which presents itself nowto my mind, urging, persuading, and evenpelling me todemonstrate in your case the purpose for which heaven sent me into theworld and caused me to make profession of the order of chivalry towhich i belong, and the vow i took therein to give aid to those inneed and under the oppression of the strong. but as i know that itis a mark of prudence not to do by foul means what may be done byfair, i will ask these gentlemen, the guards andmissary, to beso good as to release you and let you go in peace, as there will be nck of others to serve the king under more favourablecircumstances; for it seems to me a hard case to make ves ofthose whom god and nature have made free. moreover, sirs of theguard," added don quixote, "these poor fellows have done nothing toyou; let each answer for his own sins yonder; there is a god in heavenwho will not forget to punish the wicked or reward the good; and it isnot fitting that honest men should be the instruments of punishment toothers, they being therein no way concerned. this request i makethus gently and quietly, that, if youply with it, i may havereason for thanking you; and, if you will not voluntarily, thince and sword together with the might of my arm shallpel youtoply with it by force."
"nice nonsense!" said themissary; "a fine piece of pleasantry hehase out with atst! he wants us to let the kings prisoners go,as if we had any authority to release them, or he to order us to doso! go your way, sir, and good luck to you; put that basin straightthat youve got on your head, and dont go looking for three feet on acat."
tis you that are the cat, rat, and rascal," replied don quixote,and acting on the word he fell upon him so suddenly that withoutgiving him time to defend himself he brought him to the groundsorely wounded with ance-thrust; and lucky it was for him that itwas the one that had the musket. the other guards stoodthunderstruck and amazed at this unexpected event, but recoveringpresence of mind, those on horseback seized their swords, and those onfoot their javelins, and attacked don quixote, who was waiting forthem with great calmness; and no doubt it would have gone badly withhim if the galley ves, seeing the 插nce before them ofliberating themselves, had not effected it by contriving to breakthe 插in on which they were strung. such was the confusion, thatthe guards, now rushing at the galley ves who were breakingloose, now to attack don quixote who was waiting for them, did nothingat all that was of any use. sancho, on his part, gave a helping handto release gines de pasamonte, who was the first to leap forth uponthe in free and unfettered, and who, attacking the prostratmissary, took from him his sword and the musket, with which, aimingat one and levelling at another, he, without ever dis插rging it,drove every one of the guards off the field, for they took toflight, as well to escape pasamontes musket, as the showers of stonesthe now released galley ves were raining upon them. sancho wasgreatly grieved at the affair, because he anticipated that those whohad fled would report the matter to the holy brotherhood, who at thesummons of the rm-bell would at once sally forth in quest of theoffenders; and he said so to his master, and entreated him to leavethe ce at once, and go into hiding in the sierra that was close by.
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