ranne all wanne and pale very hastily to her to take out the Ponyard and seeing how little blood followed hee lost the feare that hee had conceived of her greater hurt and began a new to admire the cunning wit and discretion of the beautifull Camila but yet that hee might play the part of a friend hee began a long and dolefull lamentation over Camila's body even as she were dead and began to breathe forth many curses and execrations not onely against himself but also against him that had imployed him in that unfortunate affaire And knowing that his friend Anselmo did listen unto him he said such things as would move a man to take more compassion of him then of Camila her selfe although they accounted her dead Leonela tooke her up betweene her armes and laid her on the Bed and intreated Lothario to goe out and finde some one that would undertake to cure her secretly Shee also demanded of him his advice touching the excuse they might make to Anselmo concerning her Mistresse her wound if hee came to towne before it were fully cured Hee answered that they might say what they pleased for hee was not in an humour of giving any counsell worth the following and only said this that shee should labour to stanch her Ladies blood for he meant to goe there whence they should hear no news of him ever after And so departed out of the house with very great tokens of grief and feeling and when hee was alone in place where no body perceived him hee blest himself a thousand times to think of Camilaes art and the gestures so proper and accommodated to the purpose used by her Maid Leonela Hee considered how assured Anselmo would remain that hee had a second Portia to wife and desired to meet him that they might celebrate together the fiction and the best dissembled truth that could bee ever imagined Leonela as is said stanched her Ladies blood which was just as much as might serve to colour her invention and no more and washing the would with some Wine shee tyed it up the best that shee could saying such words whilest shee cured her as were able though nothing had been done before to make Anselmo believe that hee had an Image of honestly in Camila to the plants of Leonela Camila added others terming her self a Coward of base Spirit since shee wanted time being a thing so necessary to deprive her life which shee hated so mortally shee demanded counsell of her Maiden whether shee would tell or conceal all that successe to her beloved Spouse And shee answered That it was best to conceal it lest shee should ingage her Husband to bee revenged on Lothario which would not bee done without his very great perill and that every good Wife was bound not to give occasion to her Husband of quarrelling but rather to remove from him as many as was possible Camila answered That shee allowed of her opinion and would follow it and that in any sort they must studie some device to cloak the occasion of her hurt from Anselmo who could not chuse but espye it To this Leonela answered That shee her self knew not how to lye no not in very jest it self Well friend quoth Camila and I what doe I know for I dare not to forge or report an untruth if my life lay on it And if wee know not how to give it a better issue it will bee better to report the naked truth then to bee overtaken in a leasing Doe not trouble your self Madame quoth Leonela for I will bethink my self of somewhat between this and to morrow morning and perhaps the wound may be concealed from himâ— by reason that it is in the place where it is and Heaven perhaps may bee pleased to favour our so just and honourable thoughts Bee quiet good Madam and labour to appease your alteration of minde that my Lord at his return may not finde you perplexed and leave all the rest to Gods and my charge who doth allwaies assist the just With highest attention stood Anselmo listening and beholding the Tragedy of his dying honours which the personages thereof had acted with so strange and forceable effects as it verily seemed that they were transformed into the opposite truth of their well contrived fiction Hee longed greatly for the night and leisure to get out of his house that hee might goe and congratulate with his good friend Lothario for the precious Jewell that hee had found in this last tryall of his Wife The Mistrisse and Maiden had as great care to give him the oportunity to depart and hee fearing to lose it issued out in a trice and went presently to finde Lothario who being found it is not possible to recount the imbracements hee gave unto him the secrets of his contentment that hee revealed or the attributes and praises that hee gave to Camila All which Lothario heard without giving the least argument of Love having represented to his minde at that very time how greatly deceived his friend lived and how injustly hee himself injuried him And although that Anselmo noted that Lothario took no delight at his relation yet did hee believe that the cause of his sorrow proceeded from having left Camila wounded and hee himself given the occasion thereof And therefore among many other words said unto him That there was no occasion to grieve at Camilaes hurt it doubtlesly being but light seeing shee and her Maid had agreed to hide it from him and that according unto this there was no great cause of fear but that from thence forward hee should live merrily and contentedly with him seeing that by his industry and means hee found himself raised to the highest felicitie that might bee desired and therefore would from thenceforth spend his idle times in writing of Verses in Camila's praise that hee might eternize her name and make it famous in insuing ages Lothario commended his resolution therein and said that hee for his part would also help to raise up so noble an edefice and herewithall Anselmo rested the most soothingly and contentedly deceived that could be found in the World And then himself took by the hand to his house believing that hee bore the instrument of his glory the utter perdition of his fame Camila entertained him with a frowning countenance but a cheerfull minde the fraud rested unknown a while untill at the end of certain moneths Fortune turned the wheel and the wickednesse that was so artificially cloaked issued to the publique notice of the World and Anselmo his impertinent-curiosity cost him his life CHAP. VIII Wherein is ended the History of the Curious-Impertinent And likewise recounted the rough Incounter and Conflict passed betweene Don-Quixote and certain baggs of red Wine A Little more of the novell did rest unread when Sancho Panca all perplexed ranne out of the Chamber where his Lord reposed crying as loud as he could Come good Sirs speedily and assist my Lord who is ingaged in one of the
another meaning for he approached with intention to punish the wench beleeving that shee was infallibly the cause of all that harmony And so as men say the Cat to the Rat the Rat to the Cord the Cord to the Poste So the Carrier struck Sancho Sancho the wench she returned him again his liberality with interest and the In-keeper laid load upon his maid also And all of them did mince it with such expedition as there was no leisure at all allowed to any one of them for breathing And the best of all was that the Inn-keepers lamp went out and then finding themselves in darknesse they belaboured one another so without compassion and at once as wheresoever the blow fell it bruised the place pittifully There lodged by chance that night in the Inn one of the Squadron of these which are called of the old Holy Brotherhood of Toledo The Holy Brotherhood or the Sancta Hermandad are a certain number of men whose chief office is to free the High-way from Robbers he likewise hearing the wonderfull noyse of the fight laid hand on his Rod of Office and the tinn box of his Titles and entred into the chamber without light saying Stand still to the Officer of Justice and to the Holy Brotherhood And saying so the first whom he met was the poor battered Don-Quixote who lay overthrown in his Bed stretched with his face upward without any felling and taking hold of his beard he cryed out incessantly Help the Justice But seeing that he whom he held fast bowed neither hand or foot he presently thought that he was dead and that those battaillants that fought so eagerly in the Room had slain him wherefore he lifted his voyce and cryed out loudly saying Shut the Inn door and see that none escape for here they have kil'd a man This word Astonished all the Combattants so much as every one left the Battail in the very terms wherein this voyce had overtaken them The Inn-keeper retyred himself to his Chamber the Carrier to his Coverlets the Wench to her Couch and only the unfortunate Don-Quixote and Sancho were not able to move themselves from the place wherein they lay The Officer of the Holy Brotherhood in this space letting slip poor Don-Quixotes beard went out for light to search and apprehend the Delinquents but he could not finde any For the Inn-keeper had purposely quenched the Lamp as he retyred to his Bed wherefore the Officer was constrained to repair to the chimney where with great difficulty after he had spent a long while doing of it he at last lighted a Candle CHAP. III. Wherein are rehearsed the innumerable Misfortunes which Don-Quixote and his good Squire Sancho suffered in the Inn which hee to his harm thought to be a Castle BY this time Don-Quixote was come to himself again out of his Trance and with the like lamentable note as that wherewithall he had called his Squire the day before when he was overthrown in the vale of the Pack-staves he called to him saying Friend Sancho art thou a sleep sleepest thou friend Sancho What I a sleep I renounce my self quoth Sancho full of grief and despight if I think not all the Devills in Hell have been visiting of me here this night â— Thou mayest certainly believe it replyed Don-Quixote for either I know very little or else this Castle is Inchanted For I let thee to wit but thou must first swear to keep secret that which I mean to tell thee now untill after my death So I swear quoth Sancho I say it quoth Don-Quixote because I cannot abide to take away any bodies honour Why quoth Sancho again I swear that I will conceale it untill after your Worships dayes and I pray God that I may discover it to morrow Have I wrought thee such harm Sancho replyed the Knight as thou wouldest desire to see me end so soon It is not for that Sir quoth Sancho but because I cannot abide to keep things long lest they should rott in my custody Let it be for what thou pleasest said Don-Quixote for I doe trust greater matters then that to thy love and courtesie And that I may rehearse it unto thee briefly know that a little while since the Lord of this Castles daughter came unto me who is the most fair and beautifull Damzell that can be found in a great part of the earth what could I say unto thee of the ornaments of her person what of her excellent wit what of other secret things which that I may preserve the faith due unto my Lady Dulcinea of Toboso I passe over in silence I will only tell thee that Heaven envious of the inestimable good that fortune had put in my hands Or perhaps and that is most probable this Castle as I have said is Inchanted just at the time when we were in most sweet and amorous speech I being not able to see or know from whence it came there arrived a hand joyned to the arm of some mighty Gyant and gave me such a blow on the jawes as they remain all bathed in blood and did after so thump and bruise me as I feel my self worse now then yesterday when the Carriers through Rozinantes madnesse did use us thou knowest how By which I conjecture that the treasure of this Damzels beauty is kept by some Inchanted Moor and is not reserved for me Nor for me quoth Sancho for I have been bumbasted by more then four hundred Moors which have hammer need in such sort as the bruising of the Pack-staves was gilded bread and spice cakes in comparison of it But Sir I pray you tell me How can you call this a good and rare Adventure seeing we remain so pittifully used after it And yet your harms may be accounted lesse in respect you have held as you said that incomparable beauty between your arms But I what have I had other then the greatest blows that I shall ever have in my life Unfortunate that I am and the Mother that bare me that neither am a errant Knight nor ever means to be any and yet the greatest part of our mishaps still falls to my lot It seems that thou wast likewise beaten replyed Don-Quixote Evill befall my linage quoth Sancho have not I told you I was Be not grieved Friend replyed the Knight for I will now compound the precious Balsamum which will cure us in the twinkling of an eye The Officer having by this time alighted his Lamp entred into the Room to see him whom he accounted to be dead and as soon as Sancho saw him seeing him come in in his shirt his head lapt up in a kerchiff the lamp in his hand having withall a very evill-favoured countenance he demanded of his Lord Sir is this by chance the Inchanted Moor that turns anew to torment us for somewhat that is yet unpunished He cannot be the Moor answered Don-Quixote for Nigromancers suffer not themselves to be seen by any If they suffer not themselves to
thereof you mean to forsake me here in a Desart out of all frequentation For Gods sake doe not me such a wrong my Lord and if you will not wholy desist from your purpose yet deâ—er it at least till the morning for as my little skill that I learned when I was a Sheepheard telleth me the dawning is not three hours off Porque la bocade la bozinaist alucina de lâ— cabeoâ— p. 168. for the mouth of the Fish is over the head and maketh mid-night in the line of the left arme How canst thou Sancho quoth Don-Quixote see where is the line or that mouth or that talle of which thou speakest seeing the night is so darke that one star alone appeareth not That is true quoth Sancho but fear hath eyes which can see things under the ground and much more in the skies And besides we may gather by good discourse that the day is not far off Let it be as little off as it lists quoth Don-Quixote it shall never be recorded of me that either tears or prayers could ever disswade me from performing the duty of a Knight and therefore good Sancho hold thy peace for God who hath inspired me to attempt this unseen and fearfull Adventure will have an eye to my weale and also to comfort thy sorrow And that thou hast therefore to doe is to make straigh my gyrts and remain here for I will return shortly either alive or dead Sancho perceiving his Lords last resolution and how little his teares counsailes or prayers could availe resolved to profit himselfe a little of his wit and make him if hee could to expect untill day and so when hee did fasten the gyrts hee softly without being felt tyed his Asses halter to both Rozinantes legs so falt that when Don-Quixote thought to depart hee could not for that his Horse could not goe a step but â—â—aping Sancho seeing the good successe of his guile said behold Sir how Heaven moved by my teares and prayers hath ordained that Rozinante should not goe a step and if you will bee still contending and spurring and striking him you will doe nothing but inrage fortune and as the Proverb saies But spurne against the priâ—k Don-Quixote grew wood at this and yet the more hee spurred him hee was the lesse able to goe wherefore without perceiving the cause of his Horses stay hee resolved at last to bee quiet and expect either till the morning or else till Rozinante would please to depart believing verily that the impediment came of some other cause and not from Sancho and therefore said unto him Since it is so Sancho that Rozinante cannot stir him I am content to tarry till the dawning although her tardinesâ—e cost me some tears You shall have no cause to weep replyed Sancho for I will entertain you telling of Histories untill it be day if you will not alight and take a nap upon these green hearbs as Knights Errant are wont that you may be the fresher and better able to morrow to attempt that monstrous Adventure which you expect What doest thou call alighting or sleeping quoth Don-Quixote Am I peradventure one of those Knights that repose in time of danger Sleep thou who wast borne to sleep or doe what thou please for I will doe that which I shall see fittest for my pretence Good Sir be not angry quoth Sancho for I did not speak with that intention And so drawing neer unto him he set one of his hands on the pomell of the saddle and the other hinder in such sort that he rested imbracing his Lords left thigh not daring to depart from thence the bredth of a finger such was the fear he had of those blows which all the while did sound without ceasing Then Don Quixote commanded him to tell some tale to passe away the time as hee had promised and Sancho said hee would if the feare of that which hee heard would suffer him Yet quoth hee for all this I will encourage my selfe to tell you one whereon if I can hit aright and that I bee not interrupted is the best History that ever you heard and bee you attentive for now I begin It was that it was the good that shall befall bee for us all and the â—arme for him that searches it And you must be advertised good Sir that the beginning that ancient men gave to their tales was not of ordinary things and it was a sentence of Cato the Roman 〈◊〉 Which saies and the harme bee for him that searches it Which is as fit for this place as a ring for a finger to the end that you may bee quiet and not to goe seeke your owne harme to any place but that wee turne us another way for no body compelleth us to follow this where so many feares doe surprize us Prosecute this tale Sancho said Don-Quixote and leave the charge of the way wee must goe to mee I say then quoth Sancho that in a village of Estremadura there was a Sheepheard I would say a Goateheard And as I say of my tale this Goatheard was called Lope Râ—yz and this Lope Râ—yz was enamoured on a Sheepheardesse who was called Torralua the which Sheepheardesse called Torralua was daughter to a rich Heard-man and this rich heard-man If thou tellest thy tale Sancho after that manner quoth Don-Quixote repeating every thing twice that thou sayest thou wilt not end it these two dayes tell it succinâ—tly and like one of judgement or else say nothing Of the very same fashion that I tell are all tales told in my Countrey and I know not how to tell it any other way nor is it reason that you should aske of mee to make new customes Tell it as thou pleasest quoth Don-Quixote for since fortune will not otherwise but that I must heare thee goe forward So that my deere Sir of my Soule quoth Sancho that as I have said already this Sheep heard was in love with Torralua the Sheepheard esse who was a round wench scornefull and drew somwhat neere to a man for shee had Mochachoes for mee thinks I see her now before my face Belike then quoth Don Quixote thou knewest her I did not know her quoth Sancho but hee that told mee the tale said it was so certaine and true that I might when I told it to any other very well sweare and affirme that I had seene it all my selfe So that dayes passing and dayes coming the Devill who sleepes not and that troubles all Yque todâ—lo annasca pag. 172 wrought in such sort as the love that the Sheepheard bore to the Sheepheardesse turned into man-slaughter and ill will and the cause was according to bad tongues a certaine quantity of little jealousies that shee gave him such as they past the line and came to the forbidden A Spanish Proverb touching their jealousie And the Sheepheard did hate her so much afterward that hee was content to leave all that Countrey because hee would not see her and goe where
mens intreaties I say it to this purpose that if the King your father in law will not condiscend to give unto you the Princesse my Mistresse then there 's no more to be done but as you say to her steal away and carry her to another place but all the harme is that in the mean while that composition is unmade and you possesse not quietly your Kingdome the poor Squire may whistle for any benefit or pleasure you are able to doe him if it bee not that the damzel of whom you spoke even now run away with her Lady and that hee passe away his misfortunes now and then with her untill heaven ordaine some other thing for I doe think that his Lord may give her unto him presently if shee please to be his lawfull Spouse There 's none that can deprive thee of that quoth Don-Quixote Why so that this may befall quoth Sancho there 's no more but to commend our selves to God and let Fortune runne where it may best addresse us God bring it so to passe quoth Don-Quixote as I desire and thou hast need of Sancho and let him be a wretch that accouts himself one Let him be so quoth Sancho for I am an old Christian and to be an Earl there is no more requisite I and 't is more then enough quoth Don-Quixote for that purpose and though thou werest not it made not much matter for I being a King may give thee nobility without eyther buying of it or serving me with nothing For in creating thee an Earle loe thereby thou art a Gentleman And let men say what they please they must in good faith call thee Right Honourable although it grieve them never so much And think you quoth Sancho that I would not authorize my Litado Thou must say Dictado or dignity quoth Don-Quixote and not Litado for that 's barbarous word Let it be so quoth Sancho Panca I say that I would accommodate all very well for I was once the Warner of a Confratriety and the Warners gown became me so well that every one said I had a presence sit for the Provest of the same Then how much more when I shall set on my shoulders the Royall Robe of a Duke or bee apparrelled with gold and pearls after the custome of strange Earls I doe verify believe that men will come a hundred leagues to see me Thou wilt seem very well quoth Don-Quixote but thou must shave that beard very often for as thou hast it now so bushie knit and unhandsome if thou shavest it not with a Razor at the least every other day men will know that thou art as farre from Gentilitie as a Musquet can carrie What more is there to be done quoth Sancho then to take a Barber and keep him hired in my house yea and if it be necessary hee shall ride after me as if hee were a Master of Horse to some Noble man How knowest thou quoth Don-Quixote that Noble men have their Masters of Horses riding after them Some few years agoe I was a moneth in the Court and there I saw that a young little Lord rode by for his pleasure they said hee was a great Grandee there followed him still a horse-back a certain man turning every way that he went so as he verily seemed to bee his horse taile I then demanded the cause why that man did not ride by the others side but still did follow him so They answered me that he was Master of his horses and that the Grandees were accustomed to carrie such men after them Thou sayest true quoth Don-Quixote and thou mayest carrie thy Barber in that manner after thee for customes came not all together nor were not invented at once And thou mayest bee the first Earl that carried his Barber after him And I doe assure thee that it is an Office of more trust to trim a mans beard then to saddle a horse Let that of the Barber rest to my charge quoth Sancho and that of procuring to be a King and of creating me an Earl to yours It shall bee so quoth Don-Quixote And thus lifting up his eyes hee saw that which shall bee recounted in the chapter following CHAP. VIII Of the Liberty Don-Quixote gave to many Wretches who were a carrying perforce to a place they desired not CIde Hamete Benengeli an Arabicall and Machegan Authour recounts in this most grave lofty divine sweet conceited History That after these discourses past between Don-Quixote and his Squire Sancho Panca which we have laid down in the last Chapter Don-Quixote lifting up his eyes saw that there came in the very same way wherein they rode about some twelve men in a company on foot inserted like Bead-stones in a great chain of iron that was tyed about their necks and every one of them had manacles besides on their hands There came to conduct them two on horse-back and two others a foot The horsemen had fire-lock pieces Those that came a foot darts and swords And as soon as Sancho saw them hee said This is a chain of Gally-slaves people forced by the King to goe to the Gallies How people forced demanded Don-Quixote is it possible that the King will force any body I say not so answered Sancho but that it is people which are condemned for their offences to serve the King in the Gallies perforce In resolution replyed Don-Quixote howsoever it bee this folk although they bee conducted goe perforce and not willingly That 's so quoth Sancho Then if that bee so here falls in justly the execution of my Function to wit the dissolving of violences and outrages and the succouring of the afflicted and needfull I pray you Sir quoth Sancho to consider that the Justice who represents the King himself doth wrong or violence to nobody but only doth chastise them for their committed crimes By this the chaine of slaves arrived and Don-Quixote with very courteous termes requested those that went in their guard that they would please to informe him of the cause wherefore they carried that people away in that manner One of the guardians a Horse-back answered that they were slaves condemned by his Majesty to the Gallies and there was no more to be said neither ought he to desire any farther knowledge For all that replied Don-Quixote I would faine learne of every one of them in particular the cause of his disgrace and to this did add other such and so courteous words to move them to tell him what he desired as the other guardian a Horse-back said Although we carry here the Register and testimony of the condemnations of every one of these wretches yet this is no time to hold them here long or take out the Processes to reade draw you neerer and demaund it of themselves for they may tell it and they please and I know they will for they are men that take delight both in acting and relating knaveries With this licence which Don-Quixote himself would have taken although they had
not given it him he came to the chaine and demanded of the first for what offence he went in so ill a guise Hee answered that his offence was no other then for being in love for which cause only hee went in that manner For that and no more replyed Don-Quixote Well if enamoured folk be cast into the Gallies I might have been rowing there a good many dayes agoe My love was not such as you conjecture quoth the slaue for mine was that I loved so much a basket well heaped with fine linnen as I did embrace it so straightly that if the Justice had not taken it away from me by force I would not have forsaken it to this hour by my good will All was done in Flagrante there was no leisure to give me torment the cause was concluded my shoulders accommodated with a hundred and for a supplement three prices of Garrupes and the worke was ended What are Garrupes quoth Don-Quixote Garrupes are Gallies replyed the slave who was a young man of some four and twenty years old and said he was borne in Piedrahita Don-Quixote demaunded of the second his cause of offence who would answer nothing he went so sad and melancholy But the first answered for him and said Sir this man goes for a Canary-bird I meane for a Musitian and Singer Is it possible quoth Don-Quixote that Musitians and Singers are likewise sent to the Gallies Yes Sir quoth the slave for there 's nothing worse then to sing in anguish Rather quoth Don-Quixote I have heard say that he which sings doth affright and chase away his harms Here it is quite contrary quoth the slave for He that sings once weeps all his life after I doe not understand it said Don-Quixote But one of the Gardians said to him Sir Knight to sing in anguish is said among this people non Sancta to confesse upon the rack They gave this poor wretch the torture and hee confessed his delight that hee was a Quartrezo that is a stealer of Beasts And because hee hath confessed hee is likewise condemned to the Gallies for six yeers with an Amen of two hundred blows which hee bears already with him on his shoulders And he goes alwaies thus sad and pensative because the other theeves that remain behinde and also those which goe here doe abuse despise and scorn him for confessing and not having a courage to say Non For they say a Nâ—â— hath as many letters as a Yea and that a Delinquent is very fortunate when his life or his death only depends of his own tongue and not of witnesses or proofs And in mine opinion they have very great reason I likewise think the same quoth Don-Quixote And passing to the third hee demanded that which hee had done of the rest who answered him out of hand and that pleasantly I goe to the Lady Garrupes for five yeers because I wantted ten Duccats I will give twenty with all my heart to free thee from that misfortune quoth Don-Quixote That quoth the Slave would be like one that hath money in the midest of the Gulf and yet dies for hunger because hee can get no meat to buy for it I say this because if I had those twenty Duccats which your Worships liberality offers me in due season I would have so annointed with them the Notaries pen and whetted my Lawyers wit so well that I might to day see my self in the midest of the Market of Cocodover of Toledo and not in this way trayled thus like a Gray-hound but God is great Patience and this is enough Don-Quixote went after to the fourth who was a man of a venerable presence with a long white beard which reached to his bosome Who hearing himself demanded the cause why he came there began to weep and answered not a word But the fift Slave lent him a tongue and said This honest man goes to the Gallies for four yeers after he had walked the Ordinary apparrelled in pompe and a horse-back That is quoth Sancho Panca as I take after hee was carried about to the shame and publique view of the People You are in the right quoth the Slave and the crime for which hee is condemned to this pain was for being a Broker of the ear I and of all the body too for in effect I mean that this Gentleman goeth for a Baud and likewise for having a little smack and entrance in witch-craft If that smack and insight in witch-craft were not added quoth Don-Quixote hee merrited not to goe and row in the Gallies for being a pure Baud but rather deserved to govern and be their Generall For the Office of a Baudâ— is not like every other ordinary Office but rather of great discretion and most necessary in any Common-wealth well governed and should not be practised but by people well borne and ought besides to have a Veedor Veedor is an Office in Spain of great trust set by the King to examine and search the dealing of other under-Officers an Overseer or Controuler and Examinator of them as are of all other trades and a certain appointed number of men known as are of the other Brokers of the Exchange And in this manner many harms that are done might bee excused because this Trade and Office is practised by indiscreet people of little understanding such as are women of little more or lesse young Pages and Jesters of few yeers standing and of lesse experience which in the most urgent occasions and when they should contrive a thing artificially the crumms freeze in their mouthes and fists and they know not which is their right hand Fain would I passe forward and give reasons why it is convenient to make choyse of those which ought in the Common-wealth to practise this so necessary an Office but the place and season is not sit for it One day I will say it to those which may provide and remedy it only I say now that the assumpt or addition of a Witch hath deprived me of the compassion I should otherwise have to see those gray hairs and venerable face in such distresse for being a Baud. Although I know very well that no Sorcery in the world can move or force the will as some ignorant persons think for our will is a free power and there 's no Hearb nor Charm can constrain it That which certain simple women or cousening companions make are some mixtures and poysons wherewithall they cause men runne madd and in the mean while perswade us that they have force to make one love well being as I have said a thing most impossible to constrain the Will That is true quoth the old man and I protest Sir that I am wholly innocent of the imputation of Witch-craft As for being a Baud I could not denie it but yet I never thought that I did ill therein for all mine intention was that all the world should disport them and live together in concord and quietnesse without griefs or quarrels
his Asse and so seeing himself deprived of him hee began the most sad and doâ—efull lamentation of the world in such sort as hee awaked Don-Quixote with his out-cries who heard that he said thus O child of my howels borne in mine own house the sport of my children the comfort of my wife and the envie of my neighbours the ease of my burdens and finally the susteiner of half of my person for with six and twenty Marvidiis that I gained dayly by thee I did defray half of mine expences Don-Quixote who heard the plaint and knew also the cause did comfort Sancho with the best words hee could devise and desired him to have patience promising to give a letter of exchange to the end that they of his house might deliver him three Asses of five which hee had left at home Sancho comforted himself again with this promise and dryed up his tears moderated his sighs and gave his Lord thanks for so great a favour And as they entred in farther among those Mountains wee cannot recount the joy of our Knight to whom those places seemed most accommodate to atchieve the Adventures hee searched for They reduced to his memory the marvellous accidents that had befaln Knights Errant in like Solitudes and Desarts And hee rode so over-whelmed and transported by these thoughts as hee remembred nothing else nor Sancho had any other care after hee was out of fear to bee taken but how to fill his belly with some of the râ—licks which yet remained of the Clericall spoyles and so hee followed his Lord taking now and then out of a basket which Rozinante carried for want of the Asse some meat lining there-withall his paunch and whilest hee went thus imployed hee would not have given a 〈◊〉 to encounter any other Adventure how honourable soever But whilst he was thus busied he espyed his Master labouring to take up with the point of his Javeline some bulk or other that lay on the ground and went towards him to see whether hee needed his help just at the season that he lifted up a saddle Cushion and a Portmantue fast to it which were half 〈◊〉 or rather wholly roited by the weather yet they weighed so much that Sanchoes assistance was requisite to take them up and straight his Lord commanded him to see what was in the Wallet Sancho obeyed with expedition And although it was shut with a chaine and hanging lock yet by the parts which were torn he saw what was within to wit four fine Holland shirts and other 〈◊〉 both curious and clean and moreover a handkercher wherein was a good quantity of Gold which he perceiving said Blessed bee Heaven which hath once presented to us a beneficiall Adventure And searching for more he found a Tablet very costly bound This Don-Quixote took of him commanding him to keep the gold with himself for which rich favour Sancho did presently kisse his handes and after taking all the linnen hee clapt it up in the bag of their Virtuals Don-Quixote having stored all these things said Me thinks Sancho and it cannot bee possible any other that some travâ—â—ler having left his way past through this Mountain and being encountred by thieves they slew him and buried him in this secret place It cannot bee so answered Sancho for if they were Theeves they would not have left this money behind them Thou sayest true quoth Don-Quixote and therefore I cannot conjecture what it might be but stay a while we will see whether there be any thing written in these Tablets by which we may vent and finde out that which I desire Then he opened it and the first thing that he found written in it as it were a first draught but done with a very faire Character was a Sonnet which he read aloud that Sancho might also hear it and was this which ensues OR love of understanding quite is voyde Or he abounds in cruelty or my paine Th' occasion equals not for which I bide The torments dirâ— he maketh me sustaine But if love be a God I dare maintaine He nought ignores and reason aye decides Gods should not cruell be then who ordaines This paine I worship which my heart devides Filis I err if thou I say it is For so great ill and good cannot consist Nor doth this wrack from Heav'n befall but yet That shortly I must die can no way misse For th'evill whose cause is hardly well exprest By miracle alone true cure may get Nothing can bee learned by that Verse quoth Sancho if by that Hilo or thread An allusion to the Spanish word Hilo signifying a thread which is said there you gather not where lies the rest of the clue What Hilo is here quoth Don-Quixote Me thought quoth Sancho that you read Hilo there I did not but Fili said Don-Quixote which is without doubt the name of the Lady on whom the Authour of this Sonnet complains who in good truth seems to bee a reasonable good Poet or else I know but little of that Art Why then quoth Sancho belike you doe also understand Poetry That I doe and more then thou thinkest quoth Don-Quixote as thou shalt see when thou shalt carry a Letter from me to my Lady Dulcinea deâ— Toboso written in verse from the one end to the other For I would thou shouldest know Sancho that all or the greater number of Knights Errant in times past were great Versifiers and Musitians For these two qualities or graces as I may better terme them are annext to amorous Knights Adventures True it is that the Verses of the ancient Knights are not so adorned with words as they are rich in conceits I pray you read more quoth Sancho for perhaps you may finde somewhat that may satisfie Then Don-Quixote turned the leaf and said This is prose and seems to bee a Letter What Sir a missive Letter quoth Sancho No but rather of Love according to the beginning quoth Don-Quixote I pray you therefore quoth Sancho read it loud enough for I take great delight in these things of Love I am content quoth Don-Quixote And reading it loudly as Sancho had requested it said as ensueth Thy false promise and my certain misfortune doe carry me to such a place as from thence thou shalt sooner receive news of my death then reasons of my just complaints Thou hast disdained me O ingrate for one that hath more but not for one that is worth more then I am But if virtue were a treasure of estimation I would not Emulate other mens fortunes nor weep thus for mine own misfortunes That which thy beauty erected thy works have overthrown by it I deemed thee to bee an Angell and by these I certainly know thee to bee but a woman Rest in peace O causer of my War and let Heaven work so that thy Spouses deceits remain still concealed to the end thou maiest not repent what thou did'st and I bee constrained to take revenge of that I desire not Having read the
Ferdinando wherein consisted all the difficultie of her fathers protracting of the mariage to wit in that my father should first demand her the which I dared not to mention unto him fearing lest hee would not willingly consent thereunto not for that the qualitie bountie virtue and beautie of Luscinda were to him unknowne or that shee had not parts in her able to ennoblish and adorne any other linage of Spayne whatsoever But because I understood by him that he desired not to marry mee untill he had seen what Duke Ricardo would doe for me Finally I told him that I dared not reveale it to my father as well for that inconvenience as for many others that made me so afraid without knowing what they were as me thought my desires would never take effect To all this Don Ferdinando made mee answere that hee would take upon him to speake to my father and perswade him to treate of that affaire also with Luscindaes O ambitious Marius O cruell Cataline O facinorous Quila O trecherous Galalon O trayterous Vellido O revengefull Iulian one who for the Rape of his daughter committed by Roderick King of Spayne brought in the Moores and destroyed all the Countrie O covetous Iudas Traytor cruell revengefull and couzening what indeserts did this wench commit who with such plaines discovered to thee the secrets and delights of her heart What offence committed I against thee What words did I speake or councell did I give that were not all addrest to the increasing of thine honour and profit But on what doe I the worst of all Wretches complain seeing that when the current of the Starres doth bring with it mishaps by reason they come downe precipitately from above there is no earthly force can withhold or humane industry prevent or evacuate them Who would have imagined that Don Ferdinando a noble Gentleman discreete oblieged by my deserts and powerfull to obtaine whatsoever the amorous desire would exact of him where and whensoever it seized on his heart would as they say become so corrupt as to deprive mee of one only sheepe which yet I did not possesse But let these considerations bee laid apart as unprofitable that wee may knit up againe the broken thred of my unfortunate History And therefore I say that Don Ferdinando beleeving that my presence was a hindrance to put his treacherous and wicked designe in execution hee resolved to send mee to his eldest brother under pretext to get some money of him for to buy sixe great Horses that hee had of purpose and only to the end I might absent my selfe bought the very same day that hee offered to speake himselfe to my father and would have mee goe for the money because hee might bring his treacherous intent the better to passe could I prevent this Treason Or could I perhaps but once imagine it No truely but rather glad for the good Merchandize hee had made did make preffer of my selfe to depart for the money very willingly I spoke that night to Luscinda and acquainted her with the Agreement past betweene mee and Don Ferdinando biding her to hope firmly that our good just desires would sort a wished and happy end Shee answered mee againe as little suspecting Don Ferdinandoes treason as my selfe biding mee to returne with all speede because shee beleeved that the conclusion of our affections should bee no longer deferred then my father deferred to speake unto hers And what was the cause I know not but as soone as shee had said this unto mee her eyes were filled with tears and somwhat thwarting her throat hindred her from saying many other things which mee thought shee strived to speak I rested admired at this new accident untill that time never seene in her for alwaies as many times as my good fortune and diligence granted it wee conversed with all sport and delight without ever intermedling in our discourses any teares sighes complaints suspicions or feares All my speech was to advance my fortune for having received her from Heaven as my Lady and Mistresse then would I amplifie her beautie admire her worth and prayse her discretion Shee on the other side would returne mee the exchange extolling in mee what shee as one enamoured accounted worthy of laud and commendation After this wee would recount a hundred thousand toyes and chances befaln our neighbours and acquaintance and that to which my presumption dared farthest to extend it selfe was sometimes to take her beautifull and Ivorie hands perforce and kisse them as well as I might thorow the rigorous strictnesse of a nigardly yron grate which divided us But the precedent night to the day of my sad departure shee wept sob'd and sighed and departed leaving mee full of confusion and inward assaults amazed to behold such new and dolefull tokens of sorrow and feeling in Luscinda But because I would not murder my hopes I did attribute all these things to the force of her affection towards mee and to the griefe which absence is wont to stir in those that love one another deerly To bee briefe I departed from thence sorrowfull and pensive my Soule being full of imaginations and suspicions and yet know not what I suspected or imagined Cleere tokens foretelling the sad successe and misfortune which attended mee I arived to the palce where I was sent and delivered my Letter to Don Ferdinandoes brother and was well entertayned but not well dispatched for hee commanded mee to expect a thing to mee most displeasing eight dayes and that out of the Duke his fathers presence because his brother had written unto him to send him certaine moneys unknowne to his father And all this was but false Don Ferdinandoes invention for his brother wanted not money wherewithall to have dispatched mee presently had not hee written the contrary This was so displeasing a commandement and order as almost it brought me to terms of disobeying it because it seemed to me a thing most impossible to sustein my life so many dayes in the absence of my Luscinda and specially having left her so sorrowfull as I have recounted yet notwithstanding I did obey like a good servant although I knew it would be with the cost of my health But on the fourth day after I had arrived there came a man in my search with a Letter which he delivered unto me and by the indorsement I knew it to be Luscinda's for the hand was like hers I opened it not without fear and assailment of my senses knowing that it must have been some serious occasion which could move her to write unto me being absent seeing shee did it so rarely even when I was present I demanded of the Bearer before I read who had delivered it to him and what time hee had spent in the way Hee answered me That passing by chance at mid-day through a street of the City a very beautifull Lady did call him from a certain window Her eyes were all be-blubbered with tears and said unto him very hastily
of them entred into the house one staid at the door and the other did compasse the Inne about The Inn-keeper beheld all but could never judge a right the reason why they used all this diligence although hee easily believed that they sought for the Youth whose markes they had told unto him By this the day was grown clear and as well by reason thereof as through the outcries of Don-Quixote all the Strangers were awake and did get up especially both the Ladies Clara and Dorotea for the one through fear to have her Lover so neer the other with desire to see him could sleep but very little all that night Don-Quixote perceiving that none of the four Travellers made any account of him or answered his challenge was ready to burst with wrath and despight and if hee could any wise have found that it was tollerated by the Statutes of Chivaâ—ry that a Knight Errant might have lawfully undertaken any enterprize having plight his word and faith not to attempt any untill hee had finished that which hee had first promised hee would have assailed them all and made them maâ—gre their teeth to have answered him But because it seemed to him not so expedient nor honourable to began any new Adventure untill hee had installed Micomicona in her Kingdome hee was forced to bee quiet expecting to see whereunto the indeavours and diligence of those four Travellers tended the one whereof found out the Youth that hee searched asleep by another Lacquie little dreaming that any body did look for him and much lesse would finde him out thus The man drew him by the arme and said Truely Don Lewis the habit that you weare answers very well your calling and the Bed whereon you lie the care and tendernesse wherewith your Mother did nurse you The Youth hereat rub'd his drowsie eyes and beheld very leisurely him that did hold him fast and knew him forthwith to bee one of his Fathers Servants whereat hee was so amazed as hee could not speake a word for a great while And the Serving-man continuing his speech said Here is nothing else to bee done Lord Lewis but that you bee patient and depart again with us towards home if you be not pleased to have your Father my Lord depart out of this World to the other for no lesse may bee expected from the Woe wherein hee rests for your absence Why how did my Father know said Don Lewis that I came this way and in this habit A Student answered The other to whom you bewrayed your intention did discover it moved through the compassion hee took to heare your Fathers lamentations when he found you missing and so hee dispatcht four of his men in your search and wee are all at your service more joyfull then may bee imagined for the good dispatch wherewithall wee shall return and carrie you to his sight which doth love you so much That shall bee as I please or Heaven will dispose said Don Lewis What would you please or what should Heaven dispose of other then that you agree to return For certainly you shall not doe the contrarie nor is it possible you should All these reasons that passed between them both did the Lackey that lay by Don Lewis heare and arising from thence hee went and told all that passed to Don Fernando Cardenio and all the rest that were gotten up To whom hee told how the man gave the title of Don to the boy and recounted the speech he used and how he would have him return to his fathers house which the youth refused to doe Whereupon aud knowing already what a good voice the heavens had given him they greatly desired to be more particularly informed what he was and intended also to help him if any violence were offered unto him and therefore went unto the place where he was and stood contending with his servant Dorotea issued by this out of her chamber and in her companie Donna Clara all perpâ—xed Dorotea calling Cardenio aside told unto him succinctly all the History of the Musician and Donna Clara and he rehearsed to her againe all that passed of the Serving-mens arrivall that came in his pursuit which he did not speak so low but that Donna Clara over-heard him whereat she indured such alteration as she had faln to the ground if Dorotea running towards her had not held her up Cardenio intreated Dorotea to returne with the other to her chamber and he would endevour to bring the matter to some good passe which they presently performed The four that were come in Don Lewis his search were by this all of them entred into the Inn and had compassed him about perswading him that he would cutting off all delayes returne to comfort his father He answered that he could not doe it in any sort untill he had finished an adventure which imported him no lesse then his life his honour and his soule The servants urged him then saying that they would in no sort goe backe without him and therefore would carry him home whether he would or no. That shall not you doe quoth Don Lewis if it be not that you carry me home dead And in this season all the other Gentlemen were come into the contention but chiefly Cardenio Don Fernando and his Comarada's the Judge the Curate and the Barber and Don-Quixote for now it seemed to him needlesse to guard the Castle any more Cardenio who knew already the History of the Youth demanded of those that would carry him away what reason did move them to seeke to take that Lad away against his will Wee are moved unto it answered one of them by this reason that wee shall thereby save his fathers life who for his absence is like to lose it To this said Don Lewis it is to no end to make relation of mine affaires here I am free and will returne if I please and if not no one shall constrain mee to doe it perforce Reason shall constrain you good Sir to doe it quoth the man and when that cannot prevaile with you it shall with us to put that in execution for which we be come and are bound to doe Let us know this affaire from the begining said the Judge to those men Sir quoth one of them who knew him very well as his Masters next neighbour Master Justice doth not your worship know this Gentleman who is your Neighbours sonne and hath absented himselfe from his fathers house in an habit so undecent and discrepant from his calling as you may perceive The Judge beheld him then somewhat more attentively knew him and imbracing of him said What toyes are these Don Lewis or what cause hath beene of efficacie sufficient to move you to come away in this manner and attyre which answers your calling so ill The teares stuck then in the young Gentlemans eyes and hee could not answere a word to the Judge who bad the foure servingmen appâ—aâ—e themselves for all things should bee done to
their satisfaction and then takeing Don Lewis apart hee intreated him to tell him the occasion of that his departure And whilest hee made this and other demands to the Gentleman they heard a great noyse at the In doore the cause whereof was that two Guests which had lien there that night seeing all the People busied to learne the cause of the foure Horse-mens coming had thought to have made an escape scot-free without defraying their expences but the In-keeper who attended his owne affaires with more diligence then other mens did stay them at their going forth and demanded his money upbrayding their dishonest resolution with such words as moved them to returne him an answere with their fists which they did so roundly as the poore Oast was compelled to raise the crie and demand succour The Oastesse and her daughter could see no man so free from occupation as Don-Quixote to whom the daughter said I request you Sir Knight by the virtue that God hath given you to succour my poore Father whom two bad men are grinding like corne To this Don-Quixote answered very leisurely and with great gravity Beautifull Damzell your Petition cannot prevaile at this time for as much as I am hindred from undertaking any other Adventure untill I have finished one wherein my promise hath ingaged mee and all that I can now doe in your service is that which I shall say now unto you Run unto your Father and bid him continue and maintaine his conflict manfully the best that hee may untill I demand license of the Princesse Micomicona to help him out of his distresse for if shee will give it unto mee you may make full account that hee is delivered Sinner that I am quoth Maritornes whâ— was by and heard what hee said before you shall bee able to obteyne that License of which you speake my Master will bee departed to the other World Worke you so Lady quoth Don-Quixote that I may have the License for so that I may have it it will make no great matter whether hee bee in the other world or no for even from thence would I bring him back againe in despight of the other World it selfe if it durst contradict mee or at least wise I will take such a revenge of those that doe send him to the other World as you shall remaine more then meanely contented and so without replying any more hee went and fell on his knees before Dorotea demanding of her in Knightly and Errant phrases that shee would daigne to license him to goe and succour the Constable of that Castle who was then plunged in a deepe distresse The Princesse did grant him leave very willingly and hee presently buckling on his Target and laying hold on his Sword ranne to the Inne doore where yet the two Guests stood handsomly tuging the Innkeeper But as soone as hee arived hee stopt and stood still although Maritornes and the Oastesse demanded of him twice or thrice the cause of his restiffenesse in not assisting her Lord and Husband I stay quoth Don-Quixote because according to the Lawes of Armes it is not permitted to mee to lay hand to my Sword against Squire-like men that are not dubbed Knights But call to mee here my Squire Sancho for this defence and revenge concernes him as his duty This passed at the Inne doore where fists und blowes were interchangeably given and taken in the best sort although to the Innkeepers cost and to the rage and griefe of Maritornes the Oastesse and her daughter who were like to runne wood beholding Don-Quixotes cowardise and the mischiefe their Master Husband and Father endured But here let us leave them for there shall not want one to succour him or if not let him suffer and all those that wittingly undertake things beyond their power and force and let us turne backward to heare that which Don Lewis answered the Judge whom wee left somewhat apart with him demanding the cause of his comming a foote and in so base aray to which the Youth wringing him hardâ— by the hands as an Argument that some extraordinary griefe pinched his heart and sheding many teares answered in this manner I know not what else I may tell you deere Sir but that from the instant that heaven made us Neighbours and that I saw Donna Clara your Daughter and my Lady I made her Commandresse of my Will and if yours my true Lord and Father doe not hinder it shee shall bee my Spouse this very day For her sake have I abandoned my Fathers house and for her I did on this attyre to follow her wheresoever shee wentâ— as the Arrow doth the Marke or the Mariner the North-starre Shee is as yet no farther acquainted with my desires then as much as shee might understand somtimes by the teares which shee saw mine eyes distill a farre off Now Sir you know the Riches and Nobility of my discent and how I am my Fathers sole Heire and if it seeme unto you that these bee conditions whereupon you may venter to make mee throughly happy accept of mee presently for your sonne in Law for if my Father borne away by other his Designes shall not like so well of this good which I have sought out for my selfe yet time hath more force to undoe and change the affaires then mens Will. Here the amorous Gentleman held his peace and the Judge remayned astonied as well at the grace and discretion wherewith Don Lewis had discovered his affections unto him as also to see himselfe in such a passe that as hee knew not what course hee might best take in so suddaine and unexpected a matter and therefore hee answered no other thing at that time but only bad him to settle his minde and entertayne the time with his Servants and deale with them to expect that day because hee might have leisure to consider what might bee most convenient for all Don Lewis did kisse his hands perforce and did bathe them with tears a thing able to move a heart of Marble and much more the Judges who as a wise man did presently perceive how beneficiall and honourable was that preferment for his Daughter although hee could have wished if it had been possible to effect it with the consent of Don Lewis his Father who hee knew did purpose to have his Sonne made a Noble man of Title By this time the Inn-keeper and his Ghests had agreed having paid him all that they ought more by Don-Quixotes perswasion and good reasons then by any menaces And Don Lewis his Servants expected the end of the Judge his discourse and his resolution When the Devill who never sleeps would have it at that very time entred into the Inne the Barber from whom Don-Quixote took away the Helmet of Mambrino and Sancho Panca the furniture of the Asse whereof hee made an exchange for his own which Barber leading his Beast to the Stable saw Sancho Panca who was mending some part of the Pannell and as soon as
Mosen Henry of Ramestan in the Citie of Basilea and bore away the Victorie in both the conflicts to his eternall Fame And that there were no such curres as the Adventures and single Combats begunne and ended in Burgundie by the valiant Spanyards Pedro Garba and Guttierre Quixadâ— from whom I my selfe am lineally descended who overcame the Earle of Saint Paules sonnes They may also averre unto mee that Don Fernando de Guevarra went not to seeke Adventures in Germanie where hee fought with Micer George a Knight of the Duke of Austria his House Let them likewise affirme that Suero de Quinonnes of the passage his Justs were but Jests as 〈◊〉 the Enterprize of Mosen Lewis de falses against Don Goncalo de Guzman a Gentleman of Castile with many other renowned Acts done as well by Christian Knights of this Kingdom as of other forraign Lands which are all so authentical true as that I am compell'd to reiterate what I said before which isâ—â— That whosoever denies them is defective of Reason and good Discourse Full of admiration remained the good Canon to heare the composition and medley that Don-Quixote made of truths and fictions together and at the great notice hee had of all things that might any way cocerne his Knighthood Errant and therefore he shaped him this answere I cannot denie Sir Don-Quixote but that some part of that which you have said is true specially touching those Spanish Adventurers of whom you have spoken and will likewise grant you that there were twelve Peeres of France but I will not beleeve that they have accomplished all that which the Archbishop Turpine pine hath left written of them for the bare truth of the affair is that they were certain Noble men chosen out by the Kings of France whom they called Peers because they were all equall in Valour Qualitie and Worth or if they were not it was at least presumed that they were and they were not much unlike the Militarie orders of Saint Iames or Calatrava were in request wherein is presupposed that such as are of the Profession are or ought to bee valorous and well descended Gentlemen and as now they say a Knight of Saint Iohn or Alcantara so in those times they said a Knight of the twelve Peers because they were twelve equalls chosen to bee of that Military Order That there was a Cid and a Bernard of Carpio is also doubtlesse that they have done the Acts recounted of them I beleeve there is very great cause to doubt As touching the pin of the good Earl Pierres and that it is by Babieca his saddle in the Kings Armorie I confesse that my sin hath made me so ignorant or blinde that although I have viewed the Saddle very well yet could I never get a sight of that Pin how great soever you affirm it to be Well it is there without question quoth Don-Quixote and for the greater confirmation thereof they say it is laid up in a case of Neats leather to keep it from rusting That may very well so bee said the Canon yet by the orders that I have received I doe not remember that ever I saw it and although I should grant it to bee there yet doe I not therefore oblige my self to believe the Histories of all the Amadises nor those of the other rabblement of Knights which Books doe mention unto us nor is it reason that so honourable a man adorn'd with so many good parts and indowed with such a wit as you are should beleeve that so many and so strange follies as are written in the raving Books of Chivalraie can bee true CHAP. XXIII Of the discreet contention between Don-Quixote and the Canon with other accidents THat were a Jest indeed quoth Don-Quixote that Books which are printed with the Kings licence and approbation of those to whom their examination was commited and that are read with universall delight and acceptance and celebrated by great and little rich and poor learned and ignorant Plebeyans and Gentlemen and finally by all kinde of persons of what state or condition soever should bee so lying and fabulous specially seeing they have such probability of truth seeing they describe unto us the Father Mother Countrey Kinsfolk Age Town and Acts of such a Knight or Knights and that so exactly point by point and day by day Hold your peace and never speak again such a blasphemie and beleeve me for I doe sincerely councell you what you as a discreet man ought to doe herein and if not read them but once and you shall see what delight you shall receive thereby if not tell me what greater pleasure can there bee then to behold as one would say even here and before our eyes a great Lake of Pitch boyling-hot and many Serpents Snakes Lizarts and other kindes of cruell and dreadfull Beasts swimming a thwart it and in every part of it and that there issues out of the Lake a most lamentable voyce saying O thou Knight whatsoever thou art which doest behold the fearfull Lake if thou desirest to obtain the good concealed under these horrid and black waters show the valour of thy strong brest and throw thy self into the midest of this sable and inflamed liquor for if thou doest not so thou shall not be worthy to discover the great wonders hidden in the seven Castles of the seven Fates which are seated under these gloomie waves And that scarce hath the Knight heard the fearfull voyce when without entring into any new discourses or once considering the danger whereinto hee thrusts himself yea or easing himself of the weight of his ponderous Armour but only commending himself unto God and his Ladie Mistrisse hee plunges into the midest of that burning puddle and when hee neither cares nor knows what may befall him hee findes himself in the midest of flourishing Fields with which the very Elisean Plains can in no sort bee compared There it seems to him that the element is more transparent and that the Sun shines with a cleerer light then in our Orbe There offers it self to his greedie and curious eye a most pleasing Forrest replenished with so green and well-spread Trees as the verdure thereof both joyes and quickens the sight whilest the eares are entertained by the harmonious though artlesse Songs of infinite and enamelled Birds which traverse the intricate boughs of that shadie habitation Here hee discovers a small stream whose fresh waters resembling liquid Cristall slides over the small Sands and white little stones resembling sifted Gold wherein Orientall Pearls are inchaced There hee discerns an artificiall Fountain wrought of motly Jasper and smooth Marble and hard by it another rudely and negligently framed wherein the sundry Cockle-shels with the wreathed white and yellow houses of the Perwinkle and Snail intermingled and placed after a disorderly manner having now and then peeces of cleer Cristall and counterfeit Emeralds mingled among them doe make a work of so gracefull varietie as Art imitating Nature
that remained in his hand returned the Knight such a thwack upon the shoulder on the Sword side as his Target not being able to make resistance against that rusticall Force poore Don-Quixote was overthrowne to the ground and extremely bruised Sancho Panca who had followed him puffing and blowing as fast as hee could seeing him overthrown cried to his adversarie that hee should strike no more for hee was a poor inchanted Knight that had never all the dayes of his life done any man harme but that which detained the Swain was not Sancho's out-cries but to see that Don-Quixote stirred neither hand nor foot and therefore beleeving that hee had slain him hee tucked up his Coat to his girdle as soon as hee could and fled away thorow the Fields like a Deer In the mean while Don-Quixotes Companions did hasten to the place where hee lay when those of the Procession seeing them but principally the Troopers of the Holy-Brotherhood with their Cross-hows runne towards them did fear some disastrous successe and therefore they gathered together in a troop about the Image and lifting up their hoods and laying fast hold on their Whips and the Priests on their Tapers they attended the assault with resolution both to defend themselves and offend the assaylants if they might But Fortune disposed the matter better then they expected for Sancho did nothing else then throw himself on his Lords Body making over him the most dolorous and ridiculous lamentation of the world and beleeving that hee was dead The Curate was known by the other Curate that came in the procession and their acquaintance appeased the conceived fear of the two squadrons The first Curate in two words told the other what Don-Quixote was and therefore hee and all the crue of the Disciplinants went over to see whether the poor Knight were dead or alive and then might heare Sancho Panca with the tears in his eyes bewayling him in this manner O flowre of Chivalrie who hast with one blow alone ended the Career of thy so well bestowed Peers O renown of this linage the honour and glorie of all the Mancha yea and of all the world beside which seeing it wanteth thee shall remain full of miscreants secure from being punished for their misdeeds O liberall beyond all Alexanders seeing thou hast given me only for eight moneths service the best Island that the Sea doth compasse or ingyrt O humble to the proud and stately to humbled undertaker of perills indurer of affronts enamoured without cause imitater of good men whip of the evill enemie of the wicked and in conclusion Knight Errant then which no greater thing may be said Don-Quixote was called again to himself by Sancho his out-cries and then the first word that ever hee spake was Hee that lives absented from thee most sweet Dulcinea is subject to greater miseries then this Help me friend Sancho to get up into the inchanted Chariot again for I am not in plight to oppresse Rozinantes Saddle having this shoulder broken all into peeces That I will doe with a very good will my deer Lord replyed the Squire and let us return to my Village with those Gentlemen which desire your welfare so much and there wee will take order for some other voyage which may bee more profitable and famous then this hath been Thou speakest reasonable Sancho quoth Don-Quixote and it will be a great wisdome to let over passe the crosse aspect of those Planets that raigâ—e at this present The Canon Curate and Barber commended his resolution and so having taken delight enough in Sancho Panca's simplicitie they planed Don-Quixote as before in the Team The Processioners returning into their former order did prosecute their way The Goat-heard took leave of them all The Troopers would not ride any farther and therefore the Curate satisfied them for the pains they had taken The Canon intreated the Curate to let him understand all that succeeded of Don-Quixote to wit whether hee amended of his frenzie or grew more distracted and then hee took leave to continue his Journey Lastly all of them departed the Curate Barber Don-Quixote Sancho Panca and the good Rozinante only remaining behinde Then the Waâ— man yoked his Oxen and accommodated the Knight on a Bottle of Hayâ— and afterwards followed on in his wonted slow manner that way which the Curate directed At the end of two dayes they arrived to Don-Quixotes Village into which they entred about noon this befell on a Sunday when all the People were in the Market stead thorow the middle whereof Don-Quixotes Cart did passe all of them drew neer to see what came in it and when they knew their Countrey man they were marvellously astonished the whilest a little Boy ran home before to tell the old Wife and the Knights Niece that their Lord and Uncle was returned very lean pale disfigured and stretcht all along on a bundle of Hay It would have moved one to compassion to have heard the lamentations and outcries then rais'd by the two good Women the blows they gave themselves and the curses and exeâ—rations which they powred out against all Books of Knighthood all which was again renewed when they saw Don-Quixote himself entred in at their doors At the news of this his arrivall Sancho Panca's Wife repaired also to get some tydings of her goodman for she had learned that he was gone away with the Knight to serve him as his Squire and as soon as ever she saw her Husband the question she asked him was whether the Asse were in health or no Sancho answered that he was come in better health then his Master God be thanked quoth she who hath done me so great a favour but tell me now friend What profit hast thou reaped by this thy Squireship What Peticoat hast thou brought me home What Shoos for thy little Boyes I bring none of these things good wife quoth Sancho although I bring other things of more moment and estimation I am very glad of that quoth his Wife shew me those things of more moment and estimation good friend for I would sayne see them to the end that this heart of mine may be cheered which hath been so swolne and sorrowfull all the time of thine absence Thou shalt see them at home quoth Sancho and therefore rest satisfied for this time for and it please God that we travaile once againe to seek Adventures thou shalt see me shortly after an Earle or Governour of an Island and that not of every ordinary one â—neither but of one of the best in the World I pray God Husband it may be so replyed she for we have very great need of it But what means that Island for I understand not the word Honey is not made for the Asses mouth quoth Sancho Wife thou shalt know it in good time yea and shalt wonder to hear the title of Ladyship given thee by all thy Vassals What is that thou speakest Sancho of Lordships Islands and Vassalls Answered
others by the way of servill and base flattery a third sort by deceitfull hypocrisie and few by that of true Religion But I by my starres inclination goe in the narrow path of Knight-Errantry for whose exercise I despise wealth but not honor I have satisfied grievances rectified wrongs chastised insolencies overcome Gyants trampled over Sprits I am enamoured onely because there is a necessity Knights Errant should bee so and though I bee so yet I am not of those vicious Amorists but of your chaste Platonicks My intentions alwaies aime at a good end as to doe good to all men and hurt to none If hee that understands this if hee that performes it that practiseth it deserve to bee called foole let your Greatnesses judge excellent Duke and Duchesse Well I advise you quoth Sancho Master mine speake no more in your owne behalfe for there is no more to bee said no more to be thought no more persevering in the world besides this Signior denying as hee hath done that there neyther is nor hath beene Knight Errant in the world no marvell though hee knowes not what hee hath said Are you trow quoth the Clergy man that Panca whom they say your Master hath promised an Island Marry am I said hee and I am he that deserves it as well as any other and I am hee that keepe company with good men and thou shalt bee as good as they Hee blunders out Proverbs as usually to no purpose which is Sancho's parts alwaies and I am one of those that Not with whom thou wert bred but with whom thou hast fed and of those that Leane to a good tree and it will shadow thee I have leaned to my Master and it is many Moneths since I have kept him company and I am his other selfe If God please live he and I shall live hee shall not want Empires to command nor I Islands to govern No surely friend Sancho straight said the Duke for I in Signior Don-Quixotes name will give thee an od one of mine of no small worth Kneel down Sancho quoth Don-Quixote and kisse his Excellencies foot for the favor he hath done thee which Sancho did but when the Clergy-man saw this he rose up wonderfull angry saying by my holy Order I am about to say Your Excellency is as mad as one of these sinners and see if they must not needs be mad when wise men canonize their madness your Excellency may doe well to stay with them for whilest they be here I le get me home and save a labor of correcting what I cannot amend and without any more adoe leaving the rest of his dinner he went away the Duke and the Duchess not being able to pacifice him though the Duke said not much to him as being hindred with laughter at his unseasonable choller When he had ended his langhter hee said to Don-Quixote Sir Knight of the Lyons you have answered so deeply for your selfe that you left nothing unsatisfied to this your grievance which though it seeme to bee one yet is not for as women have not the power to wrong neither have Church-men as you best know 'T is true quoth Don Quixote the cause is that hee who cannot bee wronged can doe no wrong to any body women children and Church-men as they cannot defend themselves when they are offended so they cannot suffer an affront and a grievance there is this difference as your Excellency best knowes The affront comes from one that may best doe it and be able to make it good the grievance may come from either Party without affronting For example One stands carelesly in the streete some ten men come armed and bastanadoing him he claps hand to his sword and doth his devoir but the multitude of his assailants hinder him of his purpose which is to bee revenged this man is wronged but not affronted and this shall bee confirmed by another example One stands with his back turned another comes and strikes him and when he hath done runns away th' other follows but overtakes him not hee that received the blow is wronged but not affronted because the affront ought to have been maintained if he that strook him though hee did it basely stand still and face his enemie then hee that was strook is wronged and affronted both together Wronged because hee was strook cowardly Affronted because hee that strook him stood still to make good what hee had done And so according to the Laws of cursed Duell I may bee wronged but not affronted for Children nor Women have no apprehension neither can they flye nor ought to stand still and so is it with the Religious for these kindes of people want Armes offensive and defensive So that though they bee naturally bound to defend themselves yet they are not to offend any body and though even now I said I was wronged I saw now I am not for hee that can receive no affront can give none for which causes I have no reason to resent nor doe I the words that that good man gave me only I could have wished hee had stayed a little that I might have let him see his errour in saying or thinking there have been no Knights Errant in the world for if Amadis had heard this or one of those infinite numbers of his Linage I know it had not gone well with his Worship I 'le swear that quoth Sancho they would have given him a slash that should have cleaved him from top to foot like a Pomegranate or a ripe musk-Melon they were pretty Youths to suffer such jests By my Holidam I think certainly if Renaldos de Montalnan had heard these speeches from the poor Knave he had bung'd up his mouth that hee should not have spoken these three yeers I I he should have dealt with them and see how hee would have scaped their hands The Duchesse was ready to burst with laughter at Sancho and to her minde shee held him to bee more conceited and madder then his Masser and many at that time were of this opinion Finally Don-Quixote was pacified and dinner ended and the cloth being taken away there came four Damzels one with a silver Bason the other with an Ewre a third with two fine white Towels the fourth with her armes tucked up to the middle and in her white hands for white they were a white Naples washing-ball Shee with the Bason came very mannerly and set it under Don-Quixotes chin who very silent and wondring at that kinde of ceremonie taking it to bee the custome of the Country to wash their faces instead of their hands hee stretcht out his face as farre as hee could and instantly the Ewre began to rain upon him and the Damzell with the soap ran over his beard apace raising white slakes of snow for such were those scowrings not only upon his beard but over all the face and eyes of the obedient Knight so that hee was forced to shut them The Duke and Duchesse that knew nothing
see 't is true pray stay and you shall see it with your eyes and rising hee left his dinner and went to uncover the first Image which shewed to bee Saint George on horse back with a winding Serpent at his feet and his Launce runne thorow the throat of it with the fiercenesse he useth to be painted with all the Images seemed to bee of pure gold And Don-Quixote seeing it said This Knight was one of the best Errants that the divine War-fare had his name was Saint George and he was a wonderfull defender of Damzels Let 's see this next The man discovered it and it seemed to see Saint Martin on Horse-back that divided his cloak with the poor man and Don-Quixote no sooner saw it but he said This Knight also was one of our Christian Adventâ—rers and I beleeve he was more liberall then valiant as thou mayest see Sancho by his dividing his cloak and giving the poor man half and doubtlesse it was then Winter for had it been Summer he would have given him all he was so charitable Not so quoth Sancho but he stuck to the Proverb To give and to have doth a brain crave Don-Quixote laughed and desired them to take away another peece of linnen under which was the Image of the Patron of Spain on Horse-back his sword bloodied trampling on Moors and treading on heads and Don-Quixote seeing it said I marry Sir here 's a Knight indeed one of Christs Squadrons this is called Don-Saint Diego Moorkiller one of the Valientest Saints and Knights in the world then or in heaven now Then they discovered another peece which shewed Saint Paul his falling from his Horse with all the circumstances usually painted in the Table of his Conversion when hee saw him so lively as if you would say Christ were then speaking to him and Paul answering hee said This was the greatest enemie that the Church of God had in a long time and the greatest Defender that ever it shall have a Knight Errant in his life time and a quiet Saint in his death a restless Laboror in the Vineyard of the Lord a Doctor of Nations whose School was Heaven and Christ himself his Reader and Instructer Now there were no more Images and so Don-Quixote commanded them to cover them again and said to those that carried them I hold it for a propitious signe Brethen to have seen what I have seen for those Saints and Knights were of my Profession which is to exercise Armes onely the difference between them and me is that they were Saints and fought Divinely I am a sinner and fight humanely They conquer'd heaven by force of their Armes for heaven suffers force and hitherto I know not what I conquer by the force of my sufferings but if my Dulcinea del Toboso be once free from hers my Fortune bettering it self and my judgement repaired perhaps I might take a better course then I doe God grant and Sin be deaf quoth Sancho straight The men wondred as well at Don-Quixotes shape as at his discourse and understood not one half what it meant They ended their dinner and got up their Images and taking leave of Don-Quixote they went on their way Sancho admired afresh as if hee had never known his Master at his knowledge thinking there was no Historyin the world or Accident that hee had not ciphered upon his nayle and nayled in his memory and said Truly Master mine if this that hath befaln us to day may be called an Adventure it hath been one of the most delicious sweetest that in all our peregrination hath befaln us for wee are come out of it without blows or affrightment or laying hands to our swords or without beating the earth with our bodies or being hungry God be thanked that hee hath let me see this with these eyes of mine Thou sayest well Sancho quoth Don-Quixote but thou must know the times are not alwaies alike nor run on in one fashion and that which the vulgar commonly call Bodings which are not grounded upon any naturall reason ought to bee held and reputed and judged by a wise man for good luck One of your Wizards riseth in a morning goes out of his house meets with a Frier of the blessed Order of S. Francis and as if hee had met with a Griffin turns his back and runs home again Tother Mendoza hee spils the salt on the Table and straight hath a melancholy sprinkled all over his heart as if Nature were bound to shew signes of ensuing mischances with things of so small moment as the aforesaid The discreet Christians ought not to stand upon points or to look into the doings of Heaven Scipio comes into Africa and leaping on shore hee stumbles his Souldiers hold it for an ill signe but hee embracing the ground said Thou canst not flye from me Africa for I have fast hold on thee in mine Armes So that Sancho the meeting with these Images hath been a most happie successe to mee I beleeve you quoth Sancho and pray tell me the cause why wee Spainiards cry Saint Iaques and shut Spain is Spain open troe so that it needed bee shut or what ceremonie is this Thou art most simple Sancho quoth Don-Quixote and look This Grand Knight with the red Crosse God hath given him to Spain for a Patron and Protector especially in the hard conflicts that the Moors and wee had together and therefore they invoke and call on him as their Protector in all their battels they give and many times they have visibly seen him in them overthrowing trampling destroying and killing Agaren Squadrons Many examples could I produce to confirm this out of the true Spanish Histories Sancho changed his discourse and said to his Master Sir I doe wonder at the loosnesse of Altisidora the Duchesses Damzell that same fellow called Love hath bravely wounded and runne her thorow they say hee is a little blinde boy that though hee bee blearâ— ey'd or to say truer blinde takes the least heart for his mark and hits it and pierceth it with his Flight from one side to the other I have also heard say that in the modesty and warinesse of Damzells his amorous Arrows are headlesse and dull but in this Altisidora it seems they are rather whetted then dull Look you Sancho quoth Don-Quixote Love hath no respect or limit in his dealing and hath the same condition with Death that as well sets upon the high Palaces of Kings as the low Cottages of Sheepheards and when he takes entire possession of a soul the first thing hee does is to banish shame without which Altisidora declared her desires that rather engendred in my brest confusion then pitty Notable cruelty quoth Sancho unheard of thanklesnesseâ— I know for my part that the least amorous reason of hers would have humbled and made me her Vassall ah whoreson what a heart of marble entrails of brasse and soul of rough-cast had you but I cannot imagine what this Damzel saw in you
is proper unto those that win at any Game to rejoyce and bee glad whereas those that lose are ever sad and discontent there all grumbled chafed fretted and bitterly cursed one another That 's no wonder quoth Sancho since the Divels whether they play or play not whether they winn or winn not at that play they can never be content Belike it is even so replyed Altisidora but there is also another thing which likewise bred some amazement in mee that is to say brought mee into admiration Which is that the Ball that was but once tossed or strucken could not serve another time so that at every stroke they were forced to change Books whether they were old or new which was a marvellous thing to behold Now it hapned that they gave so violent a stroake unto a moderne Booke and very fairely bound that it made the very Guts to fly out of it and scattered the Leaves thereof up and down Then said one Divell unto another I prethee looke what that Booke treateth of It is answed the other Divell the Second part of the History of Don-Quixote de la Mancha not composed by Cid Hamete it 's first Authour but by an Aragonis who braggeth to bee born at Tordesillas Now fye upon it quoth the other Divell out of my sight with it and let it bee cast into the very lowest pit of Hell so deep as mine eyes may never see it againe But why said the other Divell is it so bad a Booke It is so vile a Booke replied the first Divell that had I my selfe expressely composed it I could never have encountred worse In the meane time they followed on their game tossing other Bookes to and fro but having heard the name of Don-Qâ—ixote hee whom I love so passionately I have laboured to engrave that vision in my memory Now without doubt then said Don-Quixote it was a right vision for there is no other Man of that name in the whole World but my selfe And that History doth already goe from Hand to hand thorow all parts of the Universe and yet stayes in no place for so much as every one will have a kicke at it Now I have not beene angry or vexed when I have heard that I wander up and downe like a fantasticke body amidst the Pitchy shades of Hell and not in the light of the earth since I am not the man that History speaketh of If it bee true and faithfully compiled it will live many ages but if it be nothing worth it will dye even at it's birth Altisidora would have continued her plaints accusing Don-Quixote of rigour and unkindnesâ—e but hee said thus unto her Madame I have often told you that I am very angry that you have settled your thoughts on mee since you can draw nothing from mee but bare thanks and no remedy at all I was onely borne for Dulcinea of Toboso and to her onely have the Destinies if there bee any wholly dedicated mee To thinke that any other beauty can possesse or usurpe the place which shee possesseth in my soule were to beleeve an impossibility And this should suffice to disabuse you and to make you to retire your selfe within the bounds of your honesty since no creature is tyde unto impossibilities Altisidora hearing these words made a semblance to bee very angry so that as it were in a great anger shee thus bespake him I sweare by the Prince of the Mumps the soul of a Morter and stone of a Date more obstinate and hard-hearted thena rude and base Pesant when one sueth unto him and when hee addresseth his levell to the Butt or Marke if I take you in hand I will plucke your very Eyes out of your head Doe you haply suppose Sir vanquished and Don Knockt downe with Bats and Cudgels that I would have dyed for you No no Sir whatsoever you have seene this night hath been nothing but a fiction or thing fained I am not a Maiden that would suffer so much as the least-least pain at the tip of my Nailes for such a Camell as you are much lesse that I would dye for such a grosse Animall I beleeve it well quoth Sancho then for all these Lovers deaths are but to cause sport and laughter Well may they say that they dye but that they will hasten their deaths Iudas may beleeve it if hee list As they were in these discourses the Musician and Poet who had sung the fore-going Stanza's entred into the Chamber and making a very low reverence unto Don-Quixote hee thus said unto him Sir Knight I beseech you to hold mee in the number of your humblest servants I have long since been most affectionate unto you as well by reason of your farre-bruited renown as for your high-raised fears of Armes Tell me answered Don-Quixote who you are that my courtesie may answer your merit The Young man gave him to understand that hee was the Musician and the Panegirick of the fore-passed night In good sooth replyed Don-Quixote you have a very good voyce Neverthelesse mee seems that what you sung was not greatly to the purpose for what have the Stanza's of Garsilasse to doe with the death of this Damzell My fair Sir said the Musician you ought not to wonder at that the best and choisest Poets of our age doe practice it so that every man writes as best pleaseth his fantasie and stealeth what and from whom he lists whether it cohere with the purpose or not By reason whereof all the follies absurdities or fopperies that they sing indite or write they ascribe unto a Poeticall licence Don-Quixote would have answered but hee was hindred by the Duke and Duchesse who both entred the Chamber to see him Amongst whom there passed so long a discourse and pleasant a conference in which Sancho alledged so many ready quips witty conceits merry Proverbs and therewithall so many wyly shifts and subtill knaveries as the Duke and the Duchesse were all astonished again as well by reason of his simplicity as of his subtiltie Don-Quixotâ— besought them to give him leave to depart the very same day since that Knights subdued as hee was ought rather to dwell in an homely Cottage or simple Shed then in Kingly Palaces which they most willingly granted him And the Duchesse demanded of him whether Altisidora was in his good favour or no. Madame answered Don-Quixote you are to understand that all the infirmitie of this Damzell takes its beginning and being from idlenesse and that an honest occupation continuall exercise is the only remedy for it Shee was even now telling me that in Hell they are working Tapistry work and that there are made Tyrings and Net works I think that shee is skillfull in such works and that 's the reason shee therein imployes her self never ceasing to handle small Spindles or Spooles and thus the Images of him shee loveth will never be removed in her imagination What I tell you is most certainâ— It is my opinion it is my
the error wherein Don Alvaro was and how they had done very well in taking a Declaration before the Judge and that so authentically They wandred all that day and the night succeeding without encountring any thing worthy the relation unlesse it bee that the very same night Sancho finished his whipping task to the great contentment of Don Quixote who greedily longed for peep of day to see if in their travels they might meet with his sweet Mistris Dulcinea who was now dis-enchanted Thus wandring they met no woman but they would approach and close with her to take perfect view of her and to discern whether it were Dulcinea of Toboso confidently assuring themselves as of an infallible truth that the promises of the Prophet Merlin could not possibly prove false Whilest they were musing on these things and their longings increasing they unawares ascended a little hillock whence they discovered their Village Which Sancho had no sooner perceived but hee prostrated himself on his knees and uttered these words Oh my dear-dearly-beloved and long desired native Country open thine eyes and behold how they Sonne Sancho returns at last to thee again who if hee bee not very rich yet is hee at least very well whipt and lashed Open thine armes likewise and friendly receive thy Son Don-Quixote And if he return to thee vanquished by the force of a strange Arme hee yet at least returneth conqueror of himself And as himself hath often told me it is the greatest victory that any man can desire or wish for I have good store of money for if they gave me sound whip-lashes I found much good in being a worthy Knight Let us leave these fooleries said Don-Quixote and forthwith wend unto our Village where wee will give free passage unto our imaginations and prescribe unto our selves the form and method that wee are to keep and observe in the rurall or pastorall life which wee intend to put in practise Thus reasoning together they fair and gently descended the hillock and approached to their Village CHAP. LXXIII Of the presages and fore-boadings which hapned to Don-Quixote at the entrance into his Village with other Adventures which serve for grace and ornament unto this famous History and which give credit unto it CID Hamete reporteth That as they were come neer unto the entrance into their Village Don Quixote perceived how in the Commons thereof there were two yong Lads who in great anger contested and disputed together The one said to the other Pierrot thou must not chafe or be angry at it for as long as thou livest thou shalt never set thine eyes upon her Which Don Quixote hearing hee began this speech unto Sancho Friend said hee doest not thou understand what yonder yong Lad saith So long as thou livest thou shalt never let eyes upon her And what imports quoth Sancho what the yong Lad hath spoken What replyed Don Quixote seest thou not how that applying the words unto mine intention his meaning is that I shall never see my Dulcinea Sancho was about to answer him but hee was hindred by an Hare which chased crossed their way Shee was eagerly pursued by divers Gray-hounds and Hunts-men so that fearfully amazed shee squatted down between the feet of Dapple Sancho boldly took her up and presented the same unto Don Quixote who cryed out alowd Malum signum malum signum A Hare runnes away Gray-hounds pursue her and Dulcinea appears not You are a strange man then quoth Sancho let us imagine that this Hare is Dulcinea and the Gray-hounds which pursue her the wicked Enchanters that have transformed her into a Country-Lasse Shee runnes away I take her up and deliver her into your own hands You hold her in your armes you hug and make much of her What ill-boading may this be and what misfortune can bee implyed upon this In the mean while the two yong Boyes came neer unto them to see the Hare and Sancho demanded of one of them the cause or ground of their brabling controversie Then hee who had uttered the words So long as thou livest thou shalt never set eyes upon her related unto Sancho how that he had taken from the other boy a little cage full of Crickets and that hee never purposed to let him have it again Then Sancho pul'd out of his pocket a peece of six Blanks and gave it to the other Boy for his Cage which hee put into Don Quixotes hands saying thus unto him Behold good Sir all these fond Sooth-sayings and ill-presages are dasht and overthrown and have now nothing to doe with our Adventures according to my understanding although I bee but a silly gull no more then with the last yeers snow And if my memory fail me not I think I have heard the Curate of our Village say That it fits not good Christians and wise folks to stand upon such fopperies It is not long since you told me so your self vnd gave me to understand That all such Christians as plodded and amused themselves upon Augures or Divinations were very fools And therefore let us no longer trouble our selves with them but let us goe on and enter into our Village There whilest the Hunters came in they demanded to have their Hare and Donâ—Quixote delivered the same unto them Then hee and Sancho kept on their way and at the entrance into the Village in a little Medow they met with the Curate and the Bachelor Carrasco who with their Beads in their hands were saying their prayers It is to bee understood that Sancho Panca had placed upon Dapple and upon the fardell of their weapons the Jacket or Gaberdine of Boccasin all painted over with fierie flames which was upon him in the Dukes Castle the night that Altisidora rose again from death to life which Jubb or Jacket served them instead of a Carpet or Sumpter-cloth They had likewise placed upon the Asses head the Miter whereof wee have spoken before It was the newest kinde of transformation and the fittest decking or array that ever Asse did put upon his head The Curate and the Bachelor knew them incontinently and with wide-open armes ranne towards them Donâ—Quixote alighted presently and very kindely embraced them But the little Children who are as sharp-sighted as any Linx having eyed the Asses Myter flocked sodainly about them to see the same saying the one to the other Come come and run all you Camarados and you shall see Sancho Panca's Asse more brave and gallant then Mingo and Donâ—Quixotes Palfry leaner fainter and more flaggy then it was the first day Finally being environed with a many yong Children and attended on by the Curate and Bachelor they entred the Village and went directly unto Donâ—Quixotes house At the dore whereof they met with his Maid-servant and with his Neece who had already heard the news of their comming Teresa Panca the Wife of Sancho had likewise been advertised thereof She ranne all dishevelled and half naked to see her Husband leading her Daughter