Excerpt from The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha, Vol. 2 of 4 Wherein is discoursed the New and Pleasant Adventure that happened to the Curate and the Barber in Sierra Morena, Which treats of the discretion of the beautiful Dorothea, and the artificial manner used to dissuade the amorous Knight from contin uing his Penance; and how he was gotten away; with many other delightful and pleasant Occurrences, Of many pleasant Discourses passed between Don Quixote and those of his Company, after he had abandoned the rigorous place of his Penance, Of the pleasant Discourses continued between Don Quixote and his Squire Sancho Panza, with other Adventures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha, Vol. 2 The poor Girl remained fo amazed and confounded, as {he anfwered not a Word wherefore the Curate and the red drawing near, he took her by the Hand, and then he profecuted his Speech, laying, What your Habit vconcealed from us, Lady, your Hairs have bewrayed, -being manifefi Arguments, that the Caufes were of no Jmall Moment which have thus bemasked your fingu lar Beauty under (0 unworthy Array, and condudedyou to this ill-abandoned Defart; wherein it was a wonder ful Chance to have met you, if not to remedy your. Harms, yet at leaft to give you fome Comfort, feeing sno Evil'can affliét and vex one (0 much, and plunge him in f.) deep Extreams (whillt it deprives not the Life) that will wholly abhor from liftening to the Ad vice that is offered, with a good and.fincere Intention; Io that, Fair Lady, or Lord, or what elfe you {hall pleafe to be termed, lhakeofl' your Affrightment, and rehearfe unto us your good or ill Fortune for you {hall find in us jointly, or in every one apart, Companions to help' you to deplore your Difaflers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The History of the Valorous Witty Knight-Errant, Vol. 2 of 3: Don Quixote of the Mancha Cardenio and the curate had not taken him away, he would doubtlessly have finished the war of the giant; and get with all this did not the poor knifght awake, until the arber brought in a great kettle full 0 cold water from the well, and threw it all at a clap upon him, and therewithal Don Quixote awaked, but not in such sort as he perceived the manner wherein he was. Dorothea, seeing how short and how thin her champion was arrayed, would not go in to see the conflict of her combatant and his adversary. Sancho went up and down the floor searching for the giant's head, and seeing that he could not hnd it he said, Now I do see very well that all the things of this house are enchantments, for the last time that I was here, in this very same room, I got many blows and buffets, and knew not who did strike me, nor could I see any body and now the head appears not, which I saw cut off with mine own eyes, and yet the blood ran as swift] from the body as water would from a fountain.' What lood, or what foun tain dost thou tattle of here, thou enemy of God and His saints quoth the innkeeper. Thou thief, dost thou not see that the blood and the fountain is no other thing than these Wine-bags which are slashed here, and the wine red that swims up and down this chamber And I wish that I may see his soul swimming in hell which did bore them I 'i know nothing, ' replied Sancho, but this, that if I cannot hnd the giant's head, I shall become so unfortunate, as mine earldom will dissolve like salt cast into water.' And certes, Sancho awake was in worse case than his master sleeping, so much had his lord's promises distracted him. The innkeeper, on the other side, was at his wits' end, to see the humour of the squire and unhappi ness of his lord, and swore that it should not succeed with them now as it had done the other time, when they went away without payment; and that now the privileges of chivalry should not any whit avail him, but he should surely pay both the one and the other - yea, even for the very patches that were to be set on the bored wine-bags. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha, Vol. 1 of 4 I would very fain have pro/inted it time thee pure and naked, without the Ornament of a Preface, or the Rabblement and Catalogue of the wanted Sonnets, Epigrams, Poems, Elegies, &c. Which are wont to be put at the Beginning of Books. For I dare fay unto thee, that (altho' it coji me fame Pains to campafe it yet in no Rcypet? Did it equalize that, which I took to make this Preface, which thou do/l now read. I took oftentimes my Pen in my Hand to write it, and as often fit it down again, as not knowing what I flsould write; and being once in a Mufe with my Paper before me, my Pen in mine Ear, mine Elbow on the T able, and mine Hand on. My Cheek, imagining what I might write, there entered a Friend of mine unexpet'r'edly, who was a very difcreet and plea/bully witted Alan 3. Who, fining me j?) pen/ative, demanded of men the Rea/en of my met/mg, and not concealing it'. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant: Don Quixote of the Mancha; 1612-1620 Well, then, quoth Sancho, give us this island, and, in spite of rascals, I'll go to heaven and yet for no covetousness to leave my poor cottage, or to get me into any palaces, but for the desire I have to know what kind of thing it is to be a governor. If once you prove it, Sancho, quoth the duke, you will be in love with governing; so sweet a thing it is to command, and to be obeyed. I warrant, when your master comes to be an emperor, for without doubt he will be one (according as his affairs go on), that he will not be drawn from it, and it will grieve him to the soul to have been so 'long otherwise. Sir, quoth Sancho, I suppose 'tis good to com mand, though it be but a head of cattle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.