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堂吉诃德|Don Quixote

Part 2 第60章|Part 2 Chapter 58

属类： 双语小说 【分类】世界名著 -[作者: 塞万提斯] 阅读：[44476]
《堂吉诃德》是一部幽默诙谐、滑稽可笑、充满了奇思妙想的长篇文学巨著。此书主要描写了一个有趣、可敬、可悲、喜欢自欺欺人的没落贵族堂吉诃德，他痴狂地迷恋古代骑士小说，以至于放弃家业，用破甲驽马装扮成古代骑士的样子，再雇佣农民桑乔作侍从，三次出征周游全国，去创建所谓的扶弱锄强的骑士业绩。他们在征险的生涯中闹出了许多笑话，到处碰壁受辱，堂吉诃德多次被打成重伤，有一次还被当成疯子关在笼子里遣送回乡。最后，他因征战不利郁郁寡欢而与世长辞，临终前他那一番貌似悔悟的话语让人匪夷所思又哭笑不得。
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唐吉诃德离开客店的那个早晨，天气很凉爽，看样子全天也不会热。他已打听好哪条路可以直奔巴塞罗那而不必绕道萨拉戈萨，目的是要揭穿那本新书作者的谎言，因为听说作者对他进行了恶毒攻击。他们走了六天路，没遇到什么可以记述的事情。六天后，他们离开了大路，刚走进树林，天就黑了。记事准确的锡德·哈迈德这次没有说明那是橡树林还是栓皮槠树林。

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两人从牲口背上下来，靠在树干上休息。桑乔那天已吃饱了，马上便进入了梦乡。唐吉诃德却合不上眼，主要不是由于饿，是由于思绪万千而不能成眠。他的思绪到处飘荡，一会儿觉得自己到了蒙特西诺斯洞窟，一会儿又看到被变成农妇的杜尔西内亚跳上了她那头母驴，接着又听到贤人梅尔林的话语在耳边回响，提醒他如何才能解除附在杜尔西内亚身上的魔法。他见桑乔仅打了自己五下，离所需数目差得太远了，又气又恼，心中想：“如果亚历山大大帝割断了戈迪乌斯的绳结，说‘割断就算解开了’，而且并没有因此就没能主宰整个亚洲，那么，要解除附在杜尔西内亚身上的魔法，也可以采用这种办法，也就是不管桑乔愿意不愿意，由我来鞭打他。既然为杜尔西内亚解除魔法的条件就是桑乔挨三千多鞭子，那么，由我打，让他自己打，或是让其他人打，都是一样的。因为关键在于挨打的是他，不管是由谁来打。”

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于是，唐吉诃德首先解开了罗西南多的缰绳，做好了鞭打的准备，然后来到桑乔身边，开始解桑乔的腰带，他知道桑乔只用一条带子系着自己的肥腿裤。但是不等他解开带子，桑乔就醒了。桑乔马上睡意全消，问道：

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“怎么回事，是谁在动我？谁在解我的腰带？”

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“是我，”唐吉诃德说，“我来帮你完成你尚欠的部分，同时也解除我的烦恼。我来抽打你，桑乔，让你偿还你欠的那部分债。杜尔西内亚受尽了折磨，你却在这里无动于衷，我都快急死了。最好是你自己解开裤子，让我在这荒郊野岭打你至少两千鞭子吧。”

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“不行，”桑乔说，“您还是老实点儿，否则我向上帝发誓，我会闹得让聋子都能听见咱们的动静。让我抽打自己必须是心甘情愿的，不能强迫，可现在我不想打自己。我告诉您，当我愿意的时候，我一定会抽打自己，这就够了。”

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“不能由着你来，”唐吉诃德说，“你心肠冷酷，而且人虽然是乡巴佬，皮肉却挺嫩的。”

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唐吉诃德还是要解开桑乔的裤子。桑乔见状站了起来，扑向主人，双手抓着他，脚下一绊，把唐吉诃德推了个仰面朝天，摔倒在地。接着，桑乔又用右膝盖压住唐吉诃德的胸膛，按住唐吉诃德的双手，让他动弹不得，连喘气都难。唐吉诃德说道：

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“你这个叛逆，竟敢跟你的主人造反？主人养活了你，你竟敢对主人无礼？”

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“我不偏不倚。”桑乔说，“我这是自己帮助自己，我就是我的主人。您答应老实点儿，现在不再想抽打我，我就放开您，否则的话——

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你就死定了，叛逆，

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唐娜桑查的敌人①！”

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①这里引用的是民歌里的句子。

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唐吉诃德答应了，他以自己的生命发誓，连桑乔衣服上的一根毛也不想碰了，而且同意桑乔在他愿意的时候自觉自愿地鞭打自己。桑乔站起身，走出很远，才靠在一棵树上。可是，他忽然觉得有什么东西碰到了他的脑袋，伸手一摸，竟是两只穿着鞋袜的人脚。桑乔吓得直发抖，赶紧跑到另一棵树下，结果又遇到了同样的情况。他大声喊叫唐吉诃德来救他。唐吉诃德问他发生了什么事，是什么可怕的东西。桑乔回答说，那些树上全都挂满了人脚和人腿。唐吉诃德摸了一下，立刻猜到是怎么回事了。他对桑乔说道：

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“你没有必要害怕，这肯定是一些在树上被绞死的逃犯和强盗的脚和腿。这一带抓到逃犯和强盗，往往把二三十人或三四十人一起吊在树上绞死。我估计这儿离巴塞罗那不远了。”

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事情果然不出唐吉诃德所料。

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天蒙蒙亮时，唐吉诃德和桑乔抬眼细望，看到树上吊着的果然是强盗们的尸体。强盗尸体本来就把他们吓了一跳，不料，突然又有四十多个活强盗围住了他们，这一吓更是非同小可。强盗们用卡塔卢尼亚语告诉他们老实点儿，等着强盗们的头儿来。唐吉诃德站在那里，毫无防范，马没戴嚼子，长矛靠在树上。他只好抱着双臂，低着头，准备见机行事。

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强盗们先搜查了驴，把褡裢和手提袋里的东西洗劫一空。桑乔暗自庆幸，公爵和公爵夫人送给他们的金盾和他们从家里带来的一些钱都藏在贴身的腰包里，没有被那些人拿走。若不是那些强盗的头目这时候到了，那些强盗说不定还会把他们里外搜个遍呢。强盗头儿看样子有三四十岁，身体挺结实，中等偏高的身材，目光严肃，皮肤黝黑。他骑着一匹高头大马，穿着一身铁甲，腰两边分别插着四只小火枪。他见他的侍从们正要剥桑乔的衣服，须知在他们那帮人里也称侍从，就命令不要再剥了，这样桑乔的腰包才算侥幸保存了下来。那个强盗头儿看到靠在树上的长矛、放在地上的盾牌和全身披挂、若有所思却又忧心忡忡的唐吉诃德，便走近唐吉诃德，说道：

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“不要难过，好兄弟，你并没有落到残忍的布西里斯①手里，而是在心地善良、并不残酷的罗克·吉纳德②手里。”

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“我并不是为落到你手里而难过，英勇的罗克，你的英名传颂遐迩。我只是怨自己一时大意，马未上鞍就被你的兵士围住了。按照我所奉行的游侠骑士道，我应该时刻警惕，永不懈怠。我应该告诉你，伟大的罗克，假如我是骑在我的马上，手持长矛和盾牌，要抓住我可不那么容易。我是曼查的唐吉诃德，我的业绩名扬四方。”

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罗克·吉纳德马上就意识到了唐吉诃德的毛病，与其说这是吹牛，还不如说是疯癫。对此他虽然原来就有所耳闻，但从不认为确有其事，也不相信一个人会疯成这个样子。现在，他遇到了唐吉诃德本人，能够切身体验一下他听说的事情了。

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他觉得很有意思，就对唐吉诃德说道：

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“英勇的骑士，不必心灰意冷，怨天尤人。现在看来是倒霉的事，可说不定你马上就会时来运转。老天做事总是神秘莫测，它常常会让跌倒的人重新站立起来，让穷人变成富人。”

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唐吉诃德正要道谢，背后忽然传来一阵马蹄声。其实只有一匹马，一个小伙子疾驰而来，看样子最多二十岁，穿一身金边绿色锦缎肥腿裤和套头短上衣，头上像瓦龙人③那样斜戴着帽子，皮靴锃亮，马刺、剑和匕首都是镀金的。他手里拿着一只猎枪，腰两侧又各插着一只手枪。罗克循声回过头去，只见这英俊少年来到他身边说道：

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①布西里斯是古希腊神话中的埃及国王，以残忍著称。

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②罗克·吉纳德是西班牙的著名侠盗。

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③瓦龙人是比利时南部的人。

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“喂，英勇的罗克，我是来找你的。即使你不能救助我，至少能减轻我的痛苦。你大概还没认出我来吧，为了不让你感到意外，我想先告诉你我是谁。我是西蒙·福特的女儿克劳迪娅·赫罗尼玛。我父亲和你是朋友，他也同你一样，是克劳克尔·托雷利亚斯的死对头。这个人是与你对立的帮派头头之一。你知道，托雷利亚斯有个儿子叫比森特·托雷利亚斯，至少刚才他还叫这个名字。这个……且让我长话短说，简单说几句我的不幸是如何引起的吧。他看上了我，向我求爱，我听信了他的话，背着父亲偷偷同他谈情说爱。一个女人，无论她住得多么偏僻，无论对她约束得多么紧，只要她想实现自己那骚动的欲望，就总能找到机会。后来，他答应做我的丈夫，我也答应做他的妻子，但只是说说而已。昨天，我听说，他已经忘了他对我的诺言，要同别的女人结婚了，今天上午就要举行婚礼。我知道后实在控制不住了，趁着父亲不在家，换上了这身衣服，骑着这匹马匆忙追赶，在离这儿约一西里远的地方追上了比森特。我没抱怨他，也没听他道歉，就用这只猎枪朝他开了一枪，又用这两只手枪补了两枪。我觉得他身上中的枪弹肯定不止两颗。我用他身上流淌的鲜血挽回了我的名誉。当我离开时，他的几个佣人围着他，那些佣人不敢也没能力起来抵抗。我来找你是想让你把我带到法国去，我在那儿有亲戚。同时，我还请求你保护我父亲，别让他们到我父亲那儿去报仇。”

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罗克对美丽的克劳迪娅的绰约风姿、优美身材以及她的所作所为感到吃惊。他对克劳迪娅说道：

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“来吧，姑娘，咱们去看看你的对手死了没有，然后再说你到底应该干什么。”

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唐吉诃德一直在仔细听着克劳迪娅和罗克·吉纳德的对话。唐吉诃德说道：

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“不用烦劳谁来保护这位姑娘了，这是我的事。把马和武器还给我，你们在这儿等着。无论那个青年是死是活，我都要找到他，让他履行对这位如此美丽的姑娘的诺言。”

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“对此谁也不用怀疑，”桑乔说，“我的主人在撮合婚姻方向很有一手。前不久，他还让另一个拒绝同姑娘履行结婚诺言的小伙子同那个姑娘结了婚。若不是魔法师把那个小伙子的本来面目变成了仆人模样，现在那姑娘早成媳妇了。”

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罗克正在想美丽的克劳迪娅的事情，并没有注意唐吉诃德和桑乔的话。他让他的随从们把从桑乔那儿抢走的东西都还给桑乔，并且各自回到他们前一天晚上呆的地方去，然后就同克劳迪娅一起飞马去寻找那个受了伤或是已经死了的比森特。他们来到克劳迪娅说的那个地方，却没发现比森特，只见到地上有一滩鲜血。两人举目向四周望去，见到山坡上有一些人，估计是比森特和他的佣人们。果然不错，他的佣人不管他死没死，正抬着他走，也不知是要送他去治伤还是去掩埋他。两人赶紧追过去。那些人走得很慢，所以很快就赶上了他们。比森特被佣人们抬着，正用疲惫和微弱的声音请求佣人们让他死在那儿，伤口疼得太厉害了，他实在没法再走了。

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克劳迪娅和罗克从马上跳下来，来到比森特身边。佣人们见罗克来了都很害怕。克劳迪娅看到比森特也百感交集。她既心疼又严厉地走到比森特身旁，对他说道：

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“如果你按照咱们的约定同我结婚，就不会落到这种地步了。”

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受伤的比森特吃力地睁开眼睛，认出了克劳迪娅。他对克劳迪娅说道：

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“我看得很清楚，上了当的美丽姑娘呀，是你杀了我，辜负了我的一片情意，我从来没有想做对不起你的事呀。”

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“人家说你今天上午要同富豪巴尔萨斯特罗的女儿莱昂诺拉结婚，难道这不是真的？”

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“不，不是真的。”比森特说，“我真不幸，叫你得到这种消息，结果你妒火攻心，想要我的命。我能死在你的怀抱里，也算我幸运。为了向你证明我说的是实话，如果你愿意，请你握住我的手，接受我做你的丈夫。这是我能给你的最好答复，尽管你以为我伤害了你。”

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克劳迪娅抓住了比森特的手，肝肠欲断，昏倒在比森特那冒血的胸口上。比森特也昏死过去了。罗克慌了，不知如何是好。佣人们找来凉水，喷到克劳迪娅和比森特的脸上。克劳迪娅醒了过来，可比森特却永远也不可能苏醒了。克劳迪娅哭天号地，揪下自己的头发到处乱扔，还抓自己的脸，显出一副悲痛欲绝的样子。

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“你这个狠心的糊涂女人呀，”她叫道，“你怎么会如此轻率地下了毒手呢？疯狂的嫉妒竟让你把你的心上人推上了绝路！噢，我的丈夫，你太不幸了。你本是我的亲人，却从洞房被送到了坟墓！”

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克劳迪娅的悲痛使从来没哭过的罗克也流下了泪水。佣人们呜咽着，克劳迪娅不时地晕过去，周围成了一片悲伤和不幸的原野。后来，罗克·吉纳德吩咐佣人们把比森特的尸体送到他父亲那儿去安葬。克劳迪娅对罗克说，她想到一家修道院去，她的一个姨妈在那个修道院当院长。她要在修道院里了却余生，以上帝为她的永恒伴侣。罗克对克劳迪娅的想法表示赞同，并且愿意陪同她去她想去的任何地方。如果比森特的亲戚或者其他什么人想伤害她父亲，他都会出面保护她父亲。克劳迪娅坚持不让罗克陪送，对他的好意深表感谢，然后哭着走了。比森特的佣人们，把比森特的尸体抬走了，罗克也回到了他手下那些人身旁。这就是克劳迪娅·赫罗尼玛爱情的结局。难以按捺的嫉妒之火导致了她的这段伤心史，这又何足怪呢？

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罗克·吉纳德看见他的随从们仍呆在自己原来的位置上，唐吉诃德也骑着马置身于他们当中，正劝说他们放弃那种无论对灵魂还是对肉体都很危险的生活方式呢。然而，那些人都是粗野放荡的加斯科尼人，根本听不进唐吉诃德的话。罗克一到，就问桑乔，他手下人从桑乔的驴那儿拿走的东西是否都已经归还了。桑乔说已经归还了，但是还缺三块价值连城的头巾。

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“你说什么？”在场的一个人说，“头巾在我这儿呢，它们也就值三个雷阿尔。”

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“是的，”唐吉诃德说，“不过我的侍从很珍视它。这是别人送给他的。”

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罗克·吉纳德吩咐立刻把头巾还给桑乔，然后又吩咐他手下那些人一字排开，把所有衣物、珠宝和钱财都拿出来摆在自己面前。他简单估算了一下，又把那些不能分割的东西折算成钱，统一分配给大家。他分得既仔细又合理，大家都很满意。分完东西后，罗克对唐吉诃德说：

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“如果不能分配得如此公平，就无法在他们中间生存下去。”

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桑乔说道：

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“现在我看到了，还是公平好，就是盗贼之间也需要公平。”

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罗克的一个随从听到桑乔的话，举起火枪的枪托欲打桑乔，被罗克喝住了，否则桑乔的脑袋非得开花不可。桑乔吓坏了，决定和这群人在一起的时候再也不开口了。

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这时，罗克的几个守在路上监视过往行人的随从跑来向罗克报告说：

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“大人，离这儿不远，在通往巴塞罗那的路上来了一大群人。”

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罗克问道：

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“是找我们的人，还是我们要找的人？”

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“是我们要找的人。”随从答道。

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“全体出发！”罗克说道，“马上把他们都带到这儿来，不许让一个人跑掉！”

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随从们都走了，只剩下唐吉诃德、桑乔和罗克在原地等着随从们把那些过路人抓来。这时，罗克对唐吉诃德说：

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“唐吉诃德大人一定会觉得我们这种生活很新鲜，我们所做的事情很危险。您如果这样认为，我并不感到奇怪。我承认，再没有什么生活比我们的生活更动荡不安了。我知道是受了冤屈的力量让我选择了这种生活，这是一种要扰乱所有宁静生活的力量。就我的本性来说，我是富有同情心的善良人，可是就像我刚才说的，一种要为我所受到的伤害复仇的力量压倒了我所有的善良意愿，使我身不由己地走上了这条罪恶之路，结果‘深渊与深渊响应①’，罪恶接着罪恶，我不仅为自己报仇，还负责为别人报仇。虽然我现在处在彷徨的迷宫中，可是上帝保佑我，我并没有失去从这个迷宫里安然逃脱的希望。”

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①引自《旧约全书·诗篇》。

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唐吉诃德听了罗克这番有理有节的议论，感到很意外，他原以为在这些偷杀抢掠的人里没有人会如此明智呢。他对罗克说道：

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“罗克大人，恢复健康的原则就是首先要了解自己的病情所在，然后按照医生的指示服药。您现在有病，而且知道病痛何在，老天或者说上帝就是我们的医生，会给您开出治病的药。不过，病常常是逐渐好的，不是突然就奇迹般地好了。聪明的病人比头脑简单的人更容易治疗。从您刚才的谈话中可以看到您很明智，现在只需您鼓起勇气，等着您意识上的疾病逐渐好转。如果您想少走弯路，尽快拯救自己，您就跟我走，我会教您如何做游侠骑士。您经历了千辛万苦，以此来赎罪，很快就可以升入天堂。”

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罗克听了唐吉诃德的话笑了。他转了个话题，向唐吉诃德讲述了克劳迪娅·赫罗尼玛的悲剧。桑乔听了十分难过，他对这个美丽、开朗而又朝气蓬勃的姑娘已经产生了好感。

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这时，那几个出去抓人的随从回来了，还带回两个骑马的小伙子、两个步行的朝圣者和一车妇女，车旁边有六名步行或骑马的佣人伴随，此外还有那两个骑马的小伙子带的骡夫。罗克的随从们把这些人围在中间，大家都不说话，等着罗克开口。罗克问那两个骑马的小伙子是什么人，要到哪儿去，带了多少钱。其中一人答道：

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“大人，我们是西班牙步兵的两名上尉，我们的部队现在驻扎在那不勒斯。据说在巴塞罗那有四艘船奉命要开往西西里，我们是去登船的。我们身上带了两三百个盾，我们挺知足的，当兵的平时穷惯了，不可能有很多钱。”

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罗克向两名朝圣者问了同样的问题。朝圣者说他们要乘船去罗马，两人一共只带了六十雷阿尔。罗克又问车上坐的是什么人，想到哪儿去，一共带了多少钱。一个骑马的小伙子说道：

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“车上坐的是我的女主人，那不勒斯法庭庭长的夫人唐娜吉奥马·德基尼奥内斯，以及她的一个小女儿、一个女佣人和一个女管家。我们六个仆人就是护送她们的。我们一共带了六百个盾。”

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“既然这样，”罗克说，“咱们一共有九百个盾和六十个雷阿尔，我的兵士大概有六十人，你们算算，他们每个人可以得多少？我算术不好。”

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“罗克·吉纳德万岁，气死那些想毁掉他的混蛋们！”

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眼看自己的钱就要被没收，两名上尉垂头丧气，庭长夫人伤心不已，朝圣者满腹牢骚。罗克等了一会儿，见他们的悲伤表情仍然那么明显，便不想让他们再伤心下去了。他转过身对两个上尉说：

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“两位上尉大人，请你们帮帮忙，借给我六十个盾；庭长夫人，请您借我八十个盾，别让和我一起来的这些人失望，就是‘修道院长也得靠唱歌吃饭’呢。然后，你们痛痛快快地赶你们的路。我给你们开个通行证，如果再碰到我手下的其他人，他们决不会伤害你们。我既不想冒犯我的兵士们，也不想冒犯任何一位妇女，特别是那些贵族妇女。”

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两位上尉对罗克说了不少好话，对他的宽容表示感谢。唐娜吉奥马·德基尼奥内斯夫人欲下车来吻伟大罗克的手和脚，罗克坚决不允。相反，他请庭长夫人原谅自己，自己也是迫不得已，干这行的只能这样做。夫人吩咐她的仆人拿出了八十个盾，而两个上尉早已把他们该拿的六十个盾准备好了。两个朝圣者也打算倾其所有，可是罗克叫他们先等一等，转身对他的部下说：

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“这些盾你们每人拿两个，这样就还剩二十个。十个给朝圣者，十个给这位善良的侍从，别让他说咱们的坏话。”

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罗克吩咐把随身携带的文具准备好，给他手下的几个小头目写了通行证，然后向那些人告别，让他们走了。那些人对这位慷慨大度的罗克的奇怪举动感到惊奇，觉得他不像一个臭名昭著的强盗，倒像是亚历山大大帝。有个侍从用加斯科尼和卡塔卢尼亚语说道：

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“这个头头更适合当教士，而不是当强盗。他若是想表现他的大度，以后就应该只花自己的钱，而不要花别人的钱。”

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这个倒霉鬼说话的声音不算小。罗克伸手拔出剑，把他的脑袋几乎劈成了两半。罗克说道：

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“谁敢口吐狂言，我就这样惩罚他！”

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大家都吓坏了，谁也不敢说话，只能唯唯诺诺。

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罗克向旁边走出几步，给他在巴塞罗那的一个朋友写了封信，告诉那位朋友，自己如何遇到了曼查的著名的唐吉诃德，关于这位游侠骑士有很多话题可以谈，他是世界上最滑稽又最清醒的人。四天之后，也就是“施洗的约翰①日’，他会骑着他的罗西南多，与他的骑驴的侍从桑乔一起，全身披挂地出现在巴塞罗那的海滩上。罗克让朋友把这消息告诉尼亚罗②的朋友们，叫他们拿唐吉诃德开开心，但他不想让自己的对立派凯德尔也分享这份快乐。不过，这似乎又不可能，因为对于疯癫而又明智的唐吉诃德及其滑稽的侍从桑乔，大家都非常感兴趣。罗克让自己的一个随从换上农夫的衣服，把信送往巴塞罗那。

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①这里指的是为耶稣施洗的圣约翰。

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②尼亚罗和下面的凯德尔是西班牙的两个有名的对立强盗帮派。罗克·吉纳德是尼亚罗派的头领。

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When Don Quixote saw himself in open country, free, and relieved from the attentions of Altisidora, he felt at his ease, and in fresh spirits to take up the pursuit of chivalry once more; and turning to Sancho he said, “Freedom, Sancho, is one of the most precious gifts that heaven has bestowed upon men; no treasures that the earth holds buried or the sea conceals can compare with it; for freedom, as for honour, life may and should be ventured; and on the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can fall to the lot of man. I say this, Sancho, because thou hast seen the good cheer, the abundance we have enjoyed in this castle we are leaving; well then, amid those dainty banquets and snow-cooled beverages I felt as though I were undergoing the straits of hunger, because I did not enjoy them with the same freedom as if they had been mine own; for the sense of being under an obligation to return benefits and favours received is a restraint that checks the independence of the spirit. Happy he, to whom heaven has given a piece of bread for which he is not bound to give thanks to any but heaven itself!”

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“For all your worship says,” said Sancho, “it is not becoming that there should he no thanks on our part for two hundred gold crowns that the duke’s majordomo has given me in a little purse which I carry next my heart, like a warming plaster or comforter, to meet any chance calls; for we shan’t always find castles where they’ll entertain us; now and then we may light upon roadside inns where they’ll cudgel us.”

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In conversation of this sort the knight and squire errant were pursuing their journey, when, after they had gone a little more than half a league, they perceived some dozen men dressed like labourers stretched upon their cloaks on the grass of a green meadow eating their dinner. They had beside them what seemed to be white sheets concealing some objects under them, standing upright or lying flat, and arranged at intervals. Don Quixote approached the diners, and, saluting them courteously first, he asked them what it was those cloths covered. “Senor,” answered one of the party, “under these cloths are some images carved in relief intended for a retablo we are putting up in our village; we carry them covered up that they may not be soiled, and on our shoulders that they may not be broken.”

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“With your good leave,” said Don Quixote, “I should like to see them; for images that are carried so carefully no doubt must be fine ones.”

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“I should think they were!” said the other; “let the money they cost speak for that; for as a matter of fact there is not one of them that does not stand us in more than fifty ducats; and that your worship may judge; wait a moment, and you shall see with your own eyes;” and getting up from his dinner he went and uncovered the first image, which proved to be one of Saint George on horseback with a serpent writhing at his feet and the lance thrust down its throat with all that fierceness that is usually depicted. The whole group was one blaze of gold, as the saying is. On seeing it Don Quixote said, “That knight was one of the best knights-errant the army of heaven ever owned; he was called Don Saint George, and he was moreover a defender of maidens. Let us see this next one.”

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The man uncovered it, and it was seen to be that of Saint Martin on his horse, dividing his cloak with the beggar. The instant Don Quixote saw it he said, “This knight too was one of the Christian adventurers, but I believe he was generous rather than valiant, as thou mayest perceive, Sancho, by his dividing his cloak with the beggar and giving him half of it; no doubt it was winter at the time, for otherwise he would have given him the whole of it, so charitable was he.”

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“It was not that, most likely,” said Sancho, “but that he held with the proverb that says, ‘For giving and keeping there’s need of brains.’”

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Don Quixote laughed, and asked them to take off the next cloth, underneath which was seen the image of the patron saint of the Spains seated on horseback, his sword stained with blood, trampling on Moors and treading heads underfoot; and on seeing it Don Quixote exclaimed, “Ay, this is a knight, and of the squadrons of Christ! This one is called Don Saint James the Moorslayer, one of the bravest saints and knights the world ever had or heaven has now.”

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They then raised another cloth which it appeared covered Saint Paul falling from his horse, with all the details that are usually given in representations of his conversion. When Don Quixote saw it, rendered in such lifelike style that one would have said Christ was speaking and Paul answering, “This,” he said, “was in his time the greatest enemy that the Church of God our Lord had, and the greatest champion it will ever have; a knight-errant in life, a steadfast saint in death, an untiring labourer in the Lord’s vineyard, a teacher of the Gentiles, whose school was heaven, and whose instructor and master was Jesus Christ himself.”

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There were no more images, so Don Quixote bade them cover them up again, and said to those who had brought them, “I take it as a happy omen, brothers, to have seen what I have; for these saints and knights were of the same profession as myself, which is the calling of arms; only there is this difference between them and me, that they were saints, and fought with divine weapons, and I am a sinner and fight with human ones. They won heaven by force of arms, for heaven suffereth violence; and I, so far, know not what I have won by dint of my sufferings; but if my Dulcinea del Toboso were to be released from hers, perhaps with mended fortunes and a mind restored to itself I might direct my steps in a better path than I am following at present.”

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“May God hear and sin be deaf,” said Sancho to this.

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The men were filled with wonder, as well at the figure as at the words of Don Quixote, though they did not understand one half of what he meant by them. They finished their dinner, took their images on their backs, and bidding farewell to Don Quixote resumed their journey.

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Sancho was amazed afresh at the extent of his master’s knowledge, as much as if he had never known him, for it seemed to him that there was no story or event in the world that he had not at his fingers’ ends and fixed in his memory, and he said to him, “In truth, master mine, if this that has happened to us to-day is to be called an adventure, it has been one of the sweetest and pleasantest that have befallen us in the whole course of our travels; we have come out of it unbelaboured and undismayed, neither have we drawn sword nor have we smitten the earth with our bodies, nor have we been left famishing; blessed be God that he has let me see such a thing with my own eyes!”

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“Thou sayest well, Sancho,” said Don Quixote, “but remember all times are not alike nor do they always run the same way; and these things the vulgar commonly call omens, which are not based upon any natural reason, will by him who is wise be esteemed and reckoned happy accidents merely. One of these believers in omens will get up of a morning, leave his house, and meet a friar of the order of the blessed Saint Francis, and, as if he had met a griffin, he will turn about and go home. With another Mendoza the salt is spilt on his table, and gloom is spilt over his heart, as if nature was obliged to give warning of coming misfortunes by means of such trivial things as these. The wise man and the Christian should not trifle with what it may please heaven to do. Scipio on coming to Africa stumbled as he leaped on shore; his soldiers took it as a bad omen; but he, clasping the soil with his arms, exclaimed, ‘Thou canst not escape me, Africa, for I hold thee tight between my arms.’ Thus, Sancho, meeting those images has been to me a most happy occurrence.”

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“I can well believe it,” said Sancho; “but I wish your worship would tell me what is the reason that the Spaniards, when they are about to give battle, in calling on that Saint James the Moorslayer, say ‘Santiago and close Spain!’ Is Spain, then, open, so that it is needful to close it; or what is the meaning of this form?”

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“Thou art very simple, Sancho,” said Don Quixote; “God, look you, gave that great knight of the Red Cross to Spain as her patron saint and protector, especially in those hard struggles the Spaniards had with the Moors; and therefore they invoke and call upon him as their defender in all their battles; and in these he has been many a time seen beating down, trampling under foot, destroying and slaughtering the Hagarene squadrons in the sight of all; of which fact I could give thee many examples recorded in truthful Spanish histories.”

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Sancho changed the subject, and said to his master, “I marvel, senor, at the boldness of Altisidora, the duchess’s handmaid; he whom they call Love must have cruelly pierced and wounded her; they say he is a little blind urchin who, though blear-eyed, or more properly speaking sightless, if he aims at a heart, be it ever so small, hits it and pierces it through and through with his arrows. I have heard it said too that the arrows of Love are blunted and robbed of their points by maidenly modesty and reserve; but with this Altisidora it seems they are sharpened rather than blunted.”

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“Bear in mind, Sancho,” said Don Quixote, “that love is influenced by no consideration, recognises no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike the lofty palaces of kings and the humble cabins of shepherds; and when it takes entire possession of a heart, the first thing it does is to banish fear and shame from it; and so without shame Altisidora declared her passion, which excited in my mind embarrassment rather than commiseration.”

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“Notable cruelty!” exclaimed Sancho; “unheard-of ingratitude! I can only say for myself that the very smallest loving word of hers would have subdued me and made a slave of me. The devil! What a heart of marble, what bowels of brass, what a soul of mortar! But I can’t imagine what it is that this damsel saw in your worship that could have conquered and captivated her so. What gallant figure was it, what bold bearing, what sprightly grace, what comeliness of feature, which of these things by itself, or what all together, could have made her fall in love with you? For indeed and in truth many a time I stop to look at your worship from the sole of your foot to the topmost hair of your head, and I see more to frighten one than to make one fall in love; moreover I have heard say that beauty is the first and main thing that excites love, and as your worship has none at all, I don’t know what the poor creature fell in love with.”

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“Recollect, Sancho,” replied Don Quixote, “there are two sorts of beauty, one of the mind, the other of the body; that of the mind displays and exhibits itself in intelligence, in modesty, in honourable conduct, in generosity, in good breeding; and all these qualities are possible and may exist in an ugly man; and when it is this sort of beauty and not that of the body that is the attraction, love is apt to spring up suddenly and violently. I, Sancho, perceive clearly enough that I am not beautiful, but at the same time I know I am not hideous; and it is enough for an honest man not to be a monster to he an object of love, if only he possesses the endowments of mind I have mentioned.”

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While engaged in this discourse they were making their way through a wood that lay beyond the road, when suddenly, without expecting anything of the kind, Don Quixote found himself caught in some nets of green cord stretched from one tree to another; and unable to conceive what it could be, he said to Sancho, “Sancho, it strikes me this affair of these nets will prove one of the strangest adventures imaginable. May I die if the enchanters that persecute me are not trying to entangle me in them and delay my journey, by way of revenge for my obduracy towards Altisidora. Well then let me tell them that if these nets, instead of being green cord, were made of the hardest diamonds, or stronger than that wherewith the jealous god of blacksmiths enmeshed Venus and Mars, I would break them as easily as if they were made of rushes or cotton threads.” But just as he was about to press forward and break through all, suddenly from among some trees two shepherdesses of surpassing beauty presented themselves to his sight — or at least damsels dressed like shepherdesses, save that their jerkins and sayas were of fine brocade; that is to say, the sayas were rich farthingales of gold embroidered tabby. Their hair, that in its golden brightness vied with the beams of the sun itself, fell loose upon their shoulders and was crowned with garlands twined with green laurel and red everlasting; and their years to all appearance were not under fifteen nor above eighteen.

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Such was the spectacle that filled Sancho with amazement, fascinated Don Quixote, made the sun halt in his course to behold them, and held all four in a strange silence. One of the shepherdesses, at length, was the first to speak and said to Don Quixote, “Hold, sir knight, and do not break these nets; for they are not spread here to do you any harm, but only for our amusement; and as I know you will ask why they have been put up, and who we are, I will tell you in a few words. In a village some two leagues from this, where there are many people of quality and rich gentlefolk, it was agreed upon by a number of friends and relations to come with their wives, sons and daughters, neighbours, friends and kinsmen, and make holiday in this spot, which is one of the pleasantest in the whole neighbourhood, setting up a new pastoral Arcadia among ourselves, we maidens dressing ourselves as shepherdesses and the youths as shepherds. We have prepared two eclogues, one by the famous poet Garcilasso, the other by the most excellent Camoens, in its own Portuguese tongue, but we have not as yet acted them. Yesterday was the first day of our coming here; we have a few of what they say are called field-tents pitched among the trees on the bank of an ample brook that fertilises all these meadows; last night we spread these nets in the trees here to snare the silly little birds that startled by the noise we make may fly into them. If you please to he our guest, senor, you will be welcomed heartily and courteously, for here just now neither care nor sorrow shall enter.”

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She held her peace and said no more, and Don Quixote made answer, “Of a truth, fairest lady, Actaeon when he unexpectedly beheld Diana bathing in the stream could not have been more fascinated and wonderstruck than I at the sight of your beauty. I commend your mode of entertainment, and thank you for the kindness of your invitation; and if I can serve you, you may command me with full confidence of being obeyed, for my profession is none other than to show myself grateful, and ready to serve persons of all conditions, but especially persons of quality such as your appearance indicates; and if, instead of taking up, as they probably do, but a small space, these nets took up the whole surface of the globe, I would seek out new worlds through which to pass, so as not to break them; and that ye may give some degree of credence to this exaggerated language of mine, know that it is no less than Don Quixote of La Mancha that makes this declaration to you, if indeed it be that such a name has reached your ears.”

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“Ah! friend of my soul,” instantly exclaimed the other shepherdess, “what great good fortune has befallen us! Seest thou this gentleman we have before us? Well then let me tell thee he is the most valiant and the most devoted and the most courteous gentleman in all the world, unless a history of his achievements that has been printed and I have read is telling lies and deceiving us. I will lay a wager that this good fellow who is with him is one Sancho Panza his squire, whose drolleries none can equal.”

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“That’s true,” said Sancho; “I am that same droll and squire you speak of, and this gentleman is my master Don Quixote of La Mancha, the same that’s in the history and that they talk about.”

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“Oh, my friend,” said the other, “let us entreat him to stay; for it will give our fathers and brothers infinite pleasure; I too have heard just what thou hast told me of the valour of the one and the drolleries of the other; and what is more, of him they say that he is the most constant and loyal lover that was ever heard of, and that his lady is one Dulcinea del Toboso, to whom all over Spain the palm of beauty is awarded.”

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“And justly awarded,” said Don Quixote, “unless, indeed, your unequalled beauty makes it a matter of doubt. But spare yourselves the trouble, ladies, of pressing me to stay, for the urgent calls of my profession do not allow me to take rest under any circumstances.”

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At this instant there came up to the spot where the four stood a brother of one of the two shepherdesses, like them in shepherd costume, and as richly and gaily dressed as they were. They told him that their companion was the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha, and the other Sancho his squire, of whom he knew already from having read their history. The gay shepherd offered him his services and begged that he would accompany him to their tents, and Don Quixote had to give way and comply. And now the gave was started, and the nets were filled with a variety of birds that deceived by the colour fell into the danger they were flying from. Upwards of thirty persons, all gaily attired as shepherds and shepherdesses, assembled on the spot, and were at once informed who Don Quixote and his squire were, whereat they were not a little delighted, as they knew of him already through his history. They repaired to the tents, where they found tables laid out, and choicely, plentifully, and neatly furnished. They treated Don Quixote as a person of distinction, giving him the place of honour, and all observed him, and were full of astonishment at the spectacle. At last the cloth being removed, Don Quixote with great composure lifted up his voice and said:

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“One of the greatest sins that men are guilty of is — some will say pride — but I say ingratitude, going by the common saying that hell is full of ingrates. This sin, so far as it has lain in my power, I have endeavoured to avoid ever since I have enjoyed the faculty of reason; and if I am unable to requite good deeds that have been done me by other deeds, I substitute the desire to do so; and if that be not enough I make them known publicly; for he who declares and makes known the good deeds done to him would repay them by others if it were in his power, and for the most part those who receive are the inferiors of those who give. Thus, God is superior to all because he is the supreme giver, and the offerings of man fall short by an infinite distance of being a full return for the gifts of God; but gratitude in some degree makes up for this deficiency and shortcoming. I therefore, grateful for the favour that has been extended to me here, and unable to make a return in the same measure, restricted as I am by the narrow limits of my power, offer what I can and what I have to offer in my own way; and so I declare that for two full days I will maintain in the middle of this highway leading to Saragossa, that these ladies disguised as shepherdesses, who are here present, are the fairest and most courteous maidens in the world, excepting only the peerless Dulcinea del Toboso, sole mistress of my thoughts, be it said without offence to those who hear me, ladies and gentlemen.”

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On hearing this Sancho, who had been listening with great attention, cried out in a loud voice, “Is it possible there is anyone in the world who will dare to say and swear that this master of mine is a madman? Say, gentlemen shepherds, is there a village priest, be he ever so wise or learned, who could say what my master has said; or is there knight-errant, whatever renown he may have as a man of valour, that could offer what my master has offered now?”

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Don Quixote turned upon Sancho, and with a countenance glowing with anger said to him, “Is it possible, Sancho, there is anyone in the whole world who will say thou art not a fool, with a lining to match, and I know not what trimmings of impertinence and roguery? Who asked thee to meddle in my affairs, or to inquire whether I am a wise man or a blockhead? Hold thy peace; answer me not a word; saddle Rocinante if he be unsaddled; and let us go to put my offer into execution; for with the right that I have on my side thou mayest reckon as vanquished all who shall venture to question it;” and in a great rage, and showing his anger plainly, he rose from his seat, leaving the company lost in wonder, and making them feel doubtful whether they ought to regard him as a madman or a rational being. In the end, though they sought to dissuade him from involving himself in such a challenge, assuring him they admitted his gratitude as fully established, and needed no fresh proofs to be convinced of his valiant spirit, as those related in the history of his exploits were sufficient, still Don Quixote persisted in his resolve; and mounted on Rocinante, bracing his buckler on his arm and grasping his lance, he posted himself in the middle of a high road that was not far from the green meadow. Sancho followed on Dapple, together with all the members of the pastoral gathering, eager to see what would be the upshot of his vainglorious and extraordinary proposal.

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Don Quixote, then, having, as has been said, planted himself in the middle of the road, made the welkin ring with words to this effect: “Ho ye travellers and wayfarers, knights, squires, folk on foot or on horseback, who pass this way or shall pass in the course of the next two days! Know that Don Quixote of La Mancha, knight-errant, is posted here to maintain by arms that the beauty and courtesy enshrined in the nymphs that dwell in these meadows and groves surpass all upon earth, putting aside the lady of my heart, Dulcinea del Toboso. Wherefore, let him who is of the opposite opinion come on, for here I await him.”

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Twice he repeated the same words, and twice they fell unheard by any adventurer; but fate, that was guiding affairs for him from better to better, so ordered it that shortly afterwards there appeared on the road a crowd of men on horseback, many of them with lances in their hands, all riding in a compact body and in great haste. No sooner had those who were with Don Quixote seen them than they turned about and withdrew to some distance from the road, for they knew that if they stayed some harm might come to them; but Don Quixote with intrepid heart stood his ground, and Sancho Panza shielded himself with Rocinante’s hind-quarters. The troop of lancers came up, and one of them who was in advance began shouting to Don Quixote, “Get out of the way, you son of the devil, or these bulls will knock you to pieces!”

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“Rabble!” returned Don Quixote, “I care nothing for bulls, be they the fiercest Jarama breeds on its banks. Confess at once, scoundrels, that what I have declared is true; else ye have to deal with me in combat.”

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The herdsman had no time to reply, nor Don Quixote to get out of the way even if he wished; and so the drove of fierce bulls and tame bullocks, together with the crowd of herdsmen and others who were taking them to be penned up in a village where they were to be run the next day, passed over Don Quixote and over Sancho, Rocinante and Dapple, hurling them all to the earth and rolling them over on the ground. Sancho was left crushed, Don Quixote scared, Dapple belaboured and Rocinante in no very sound condition.

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They all got up, however, at length, and Don Quixote in great haste, stumbling here and falling there, started off running after the drove, shouting out, “Hold! stay! ye rascally rabble, a single knight awaits you, and he is not of the temper or opinion of those who say, ‘For a flying enemy make a bridge of silver.’” The retreating party in their haste, however, did not stop for that, or heed his menaces any more than last year’s clouds. Weariness brought Don Quixote to a halt, and more enraged than avenged he sat down on the road to wait until Sancho, Rocinante and Dapple came up. When they reached him master and man mounted once more, and without going back to bid farewell to the mock or imitation Arcadia, and more in humiliation than contentment, they continued their journey.

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