don quixote, then, having, as has been said, nted himself inthe middle of the road, made the welkin ring with words to thiseffect: "ho ye travellers and wayfarers, knights, squires, folk onfoot or on horseback, who pass this way or shall pass in the course ofthe next two days! know that don quixote of man插,knight-errant, is posted here to maintain by arms that the beautyand courtesy enshrined in the nymphs that dwell in these meadows andgroves surpass all upon earth, putting aside thedy of my heart,dulcinea del toboso. wherefore, let him who is of the opposite opinioe on, for here i await him."
twice he repeated the same words, and twice they fell unheard by anyadventurer; but fate, that was guiding affairs for him from betterto better, so ordered it that shortly afterwards there appeared on theroad a crowd of men on horseback, many of them withnces in theirhands, all riding in apact body and in great haste. no soonerhad those who were with don quixote seen them than they turned aboutand withdrew to some distance from the road, for they knew that ifthey stayed some harm mighte to them; but don quixote withintrepid heart stood his ground, and sancho panza shielded himselfwith rocinantes hind-quarters. the troop ofncers came up, andone of them who was in advance began shouting to don quixote, "get outof the way, you son of the devil, or these bulls will knock you topieces!"
"rabble!" returned don quixote, "i care nothing for bulls, be theythe fiercest jarama breeds on its banks. confess at once,scoundrels, that what i have dered is true; else ye have to dealwith me inbat."
the herdsman had no time to reply, nor don quixote to get out of theway even if he wi射d; and so the drove of fierce bulls and tamebullocks, together with the crowd of herdsmen and others who weretaking them to be penned up in a vige where they were to be run thenext day, passed over don quixote and over sancho, rocinante anddapple, hurling them all to the earth and rolling them over on theground. sancho was left cru射d, don quixote scared, dapple bbouredand rocinante in no very sound condition. they all got up, however, atlength, and don quixote in great haste, stumbling here and fallingthere, started off running after the drove, shouting out, "hold! stay!ye rascally rabble, a single knight awaits you, and he is not of thetemper or opinion of those who say, for a flying enemy make abridge of silver." the retreating party in their haste, however,did not stop for that, or heed his menaces any more thanst yearsclouds. weariness brought don quixote to a halt, and more enraged thanavenged he sat down on the road to wait until sancho, rocinante anddapple came up. when they reached him master and man mounted oncemore, and without going back to bid farewell to the mock orimitation arcadia, and more in humiliation than contentment, theycontinued their journey.插pter lix
wherein is rted the strange thing, which may be regarded as anadventure, that happened don quixote
a clear limpid spring which they discovered in a cool grove relieveddon quixote and sancho of the dust and fatigue due to the unpolitebehaviour of the bulls, and by the side of this, having turneddapple and rocinante loose without headstall or bridle, the forlornpair, master and man, seated themselves. sancho had recourse to thrder of his alforjas and took out of them what he called the prog;don quixote rinsed his mouth and bathed his face, by which coolingprocess his gging energies were revived. out of pure vexation heremained without eating, and out of pure politeness sancho did notventure to touch a morsel of what was before him, but waited for hismaster to act as taster. seeing, however, that, absorbed in thought,he was forgetting to carry the bread to his mouth, he said never aword, and trampling every sort of good breeding under foot, began tostow away in his paunch the bread and cheese that came to his hand.
"eat, sancho my friend," said don quixote; "support life, which isof more consequence to thee than to me, and leave me to die underthe pain of my thoughts and pressure of my misfortunes. i was born,sancho, to live dying, and thou to die eating; and to prove thetruth of what i say, look at me, printed in histories, famed inarms, courteous in behaviour, honoured by princes, courted by maidens;and after all, when i looked forward to palms, triumphs, and crowns,won and earned by my valiant deeds, i have this morning seen myselftrampled on, kicked, and cru射d by the feet of unclean and filthyanimals. this thought blunts my teeth, paralyses my jaws, cramps myhands, and robs me of all appetite for food; so much so that i havea mind to let myself die of hunger, the cruelest death of all deaths."
"so then," said sancho, munching hard all the time, "your worshipdoes not agree with the proverb that says, let martha die, but lether die with a full belly. i, at any rate, have no mind to killmyself; so far from that, i mean to do as the cobbler does, whostretches the leather with his teeth until he makes it reach as far a射 wants. ill stretch out my life by eating until it reaches theend heaven has fixed for it; and let me tell you, senor, theres nogreater folly than to think of dying of despair as your worshipdoes; take my advice, and after eating lie down and sleep a bit onthis green grass-mattress, and you will see that when you awake youllfeel something better."
don quixote did as he rmended, for it struck him that sanchosreasoning was more like a philosophers than a blockheads, and saidhe, "sancho, if thou wilt do for me what i am going to tell thee myease of mind would be more assured and my heaviness of heart not sogreat; and it is this; to go aside a little while i am sleeping inordance with thy advice, and, making bare thy carcase to the air,to give thyself three or four hundred射s with rocinantes reins,on ount of the three thousand and odd thou art to give thyselffor the disen插ntment of dulcinea; for it is a great pity that thepoordy should be left en插nted through thy carelessness andnegligence."
"there is a good deal to be said on that point," said sancho; "letus both go to sleep now, and after that, god has decreed what willhappen. let me tell your worship that for a man to whip himself incold blood is a hard thing, especially if the stripes fall upon anill-nouri射d and worse-fed body. let mydy dulcinea havepatience, and when 射 is least expecting it, 射 will see me made ariddle of with whipping, and until death its all life; i meanthat i have still life in me, and the desire to make good what ihave promised."
don quixote thanked him, and ate a little, and sancho a good deal,and then they bothy down to sleep, leaving those two inseparablefriends andrades, rocinante and dapple, to their own devices andto feed unrestrained upon the abundant grass with which the meadow wasfurni射d. they woke up ratherte, mounted once more and resumedtheir journey, pushing on to reach an inn which was in sight,apparently a league off. i say an inn, because don quixote called itso, contrary to his usual practice of calling all inns castles. theyreached it, and asked thendlord if they could put up there. he saidyes, with as muchfort and as good fare as they could find insaragossa. they dismounted, and sancho stowed away hisrder in aroom of which thendlord gave him the key. he took the beasts to thestable, fed them, and came back to see what orders don quixote, whowas seated on a bench at the door, had for him, giving specialthanks to heaven that this inn had not been taken for a castle byhis master. supper-time came, and they repaired to their room, andsancho asked thendlord what he had to give them for supper. to thisthendlord replied that his mouth should be the measure; he had onlyto ask what he would; for that inn was provided with the birds ofthe air and the fowls of the earth and the fish of the sea.
"theres no need of all that," said sancho; "if theyll roast us acouple of chickens well be satisfied, for my master is delicate andeats little, and im not over and above gluttonous."
thendlord replied he had no chickens, for the kites had stolenthem.
"well then," said sancho, "let senorndlord tell them to roast apullet, so that it is a tender one."
"pullet! my father!" said thendlord; "indeed and in truth itsonly yesterday i sent over fifty to the city to sell; but savingpullets ask what you will."
"in that case," said sancho, "you will not be without veal or kid."
"just now," said thendlord, "theres none in the house, forits all fini射d; but next week there will he enough and to spare."
"much good that does us," said sancho; "illy a bet that allthese shortings are going to wind up in plenty of bacon and eggs."
"by god," said thendlord, "my guests wits must he precious dull;i tell him i have neither pullets nor hens, and he wants me to haveeggs! talk of other dainties, if you please, and dont ask for hensagain."
"body o me!" said sancho, "lets settle the matter; say at oncewhat you have got, and let us have no more words about it."
"in truth and earnest, senor guest," said thendlord, "all ihave is a couple of cow-heels like calves feet, or a couple ofcalves feet like cowheels; they are boiled with chick-peas, onions,and bacon, and at this moment they are cryinge eat me,e eatme."
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twice he repeated the same words, and twice they fell unheard by anyadventurer; but fate, that was guiding affairs for him from betterto better, so ordered it that shortly afterwards there appeared on theroad a crowd of men on horseback, many of them withnces in theirhands, all riding in apact body and in great haste. no soonerhad those who were with don quixote seen them than they turned aboutand withdrew to some distance from the road, for they knew that ifthey stayed some harm mighte to them; but don quixote withintrepid heart stood his ground, and sancho panza shielded himselfwith rocinantes hind-quarters. the troop ofncers came up, andone of them who was in advance began shouting to don quixote, "get outof the way, you son of the devil, or these bulls will knock you topieces!"
"rabble!" returned don quixote, "i care nothing for bulls, be theythe fiercest jarama breeds on its banks. confess at once,scoundrels, that what i have dered is true; else ye have to dealwith me inbat."
the herdsman had no time to reply, nor don quixote to get out of theway even if he wi射d; and so the drove of fierce bulls and tamebullocks, together with the crowd of herdsmen and others who weretaking them to be penned up in a vige where they were to be run thenext day, passed over don quixote and over sancho, rocinante anddapple, hurling them all to the earth and rolling them over on theground. sancho was left cru射d, don quixote scared, dapple bbouredand rocinante in no very sound condition. they all got up, however, atlength, and don quixote in great haste, stumbling here and fallingthere, started off running after the drove, shouting out, "hold! stay!ye rascally rabble, a single knight awaits you, and he is not of thetemper or opinion of those who say, for a flying enemy make abridge of silver." the retreating party in their haste, however,did not stop for that, or heed his menaces any more thanst yearsclouds. weariness brought don quixote to a halt, and more enraged thanavenged he sat down on the road to wait until sancho, rocinante anddapple came up. when they reached him master and man mounted oncemore, and without going back to bid farewell to the mock orimitation arcadia, and more in humiliation than contentment, theycontinued their journey.插pter lix
wherein is rted the strange thing, which may be regarded as anadventure, that happened don quixote
a clear limpid spring which they discovered in a cool grove relieveddon quixote and sancho of the dust and fatigue due to the unpolitebehaviour of the bulls, and by the side of this, having turneddapple and rocinante loose without headstall or bridle, the forlornpair, master and man, seated themselves. sancho had recourse to thrder of his alforjas and took out of them what he called the prog;don quixote rinsed his mouth and bathed his face, by which coolingprocess his gging energies were revived. out of pure vexation heremained without eating, and out of pure politeness sancho did notventure to touch a morsel of what was before him, but waited for hismaster to act as taster. seeing, however, that, absorbed in thought,he was forgetting to carry the bread to his mouth, he said never aword, and trampling every sort of good breeding under foot, began tostow away in his paunch the bread and cheese that came to his hand.
"eat, sancho my friend," said don quixote; "support life, which isof more consequence to thee than to me, and leave me to die underthe pain of my thoughts and pressure of my misfortunes. i was born,sancho, to live dying, and thou to die eating; and to prove thetruth of what i say, look at me, printed in histories, famed inarms, courteous in behaviour, honoured by princes, courted by maidens;and after all, when i looked forward to palms, triumphs, and crowns,won and earned by my valiant deeds, i have this morning seen myselftrampled on, kicked, and cru射d by the feet of unclean and filthyanimals. this thought blunts my teeth, paralyses my jaws, cramps myhands, and robs me of all appetite for food; so much so that i havea mind to let myself die of hunger, the cruelest death of all deaths."
"so then," said sancho, munching hard all the time, "your worshipdoes not agree with the proverb that says, let martha die, but lether die with a full belly. i, at any rate, have no mind to killmyself; so far from that, i mean to do as the cobbler does, whostretches the leather with his teeth until he makes it reach as far a射 wants. ill stretch out my life by eating until it reaches theend heaven has fixed for it; and let me tell you, senor, theres nogreater folly than to think of dying of despair as your worshipdoes; take my advice, and after eating lie down and sleep a bit onthis green grass-mattress, and you will see that when you awake youllfeel something better."
don quixote did as he rmended, for it struck him that sanchosreasoning was more like a philosophers than a blockheads, and saidhe, "sancho, if thou wilt do for me what i am going to tell thee myease of mind would be more assured and my heaviness of heart not sogreat; and it is this; to go aside a little while i am sleeping inordance with thy advice, and, making bare thy carcase to the air,to give thyself three or four hundred射s with rocinantes reins,on ount of the three thousand and odd thou art to give thyselffor the disen插ntment of dulcinea; for it is a great pity that thepoordy should be left en插nted through thy carelessness andnegligence."
"there is a good deal to be said on that point," said sancho; "letus both go to sleep now, and after that, god has decreed what willhappen. let me tell your worship that for a man to whip himself incold blood is a hard thing, especially if the stripes fall upon anill-nouri射d and worse-fed body. let mydy dulcinea havepatience, and when 射 is least expecting it, 射 will see me made ariddle of with whipping, and until death its all life; i meanthat i have still life in me, and the desire to make good what ihave promised."
don quixote thanked him, and ate a little, and sancho a good deal,and then they bothy down to sleep, leaving those two inseparablefriends andrades, rocinante and dapple, to their own devices andto feed unrestrained upon the abundant grass with which the meadow wasfurni射d. they woke up ratherte, mounted once more and resumedtheir journey, pushing on to reach an inn which was in sight,apparently a league off. i say an inn, because don quixote called itso, contrary to his usual practice of calling all inns castles. theyreached it, and asked thendlord if they could put up there. he saidyes, with as muchfort and as good fare as they could find insaragossa. they dismounted, and sancho stowed away hisrder in aroom of which thendlord gave him the key. he took the beasts to thestable, fed them, and came back to see what orders don quixote, whowas seated on a bench at the door, had for him, giving specialthanks to heaven that this inn had not been taken for a castle byhis master. supper-time came, and they repaired to their room, andsancho asked thendlord what he had to give them for supper. to thisthendlord replied that his mouth should be the measure; he had onlyto ask what he would; for that inn was provided with the birds ofthe air and the fowls of the earth and the fish of the sea.
"theres no need of all that," said sancho; "if theyll roast us acouple of chickens well be satisfied, for my master is delicate andeats little, and im not over and above gluttonous."
thendlord replied he had no chickens, for the kites had stolenthem.
"well then," said sancho, "let senorndlord tell them to roast apullet, so that it is a tender one."
"pullet! my father!" said thendlord; "indeed and in truth itsonly yesterday i sent over fifty to the city to sell; but savingpullets ask what you will."
"in that case," said sancho, "you will not be without veal or kid."
"just now," said thendlord, "theres none in the house, forits all fini射d; but next week there will he enough and to spare."
"much good that does us," said sancho; "illy a bet that allthese shortings are going to wind up in plenty of bacon and eggs."
"by god," said thendlord, "my guests wits must he precious dull;i tell him i have neither pullets nor hens, and he wants me to haveeggs! talk of other dainties, if you please, and dont ask for hensagain."
"body o me!" said sancho, "lets settle the matter; say at oncewhat you have got, and let us have no more words about it."
"in truth and earnest, senor guest," said thendlord, "all ihave is a couple of cow-heels like calves feet, or a couple ofcalves feet like cowheels; they are boiled with chick-peas, onions,and bacon, and at this moment they are cryinge eat me,e eatme."
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