| Back | "Dost thou know what I suspect, Sancho?" said Don Quixote; "that this wonderful piece of this enchanted helmet must by some strange accident have come into the hands of some one who was unable to recognise or realise its value, and who, not knowing what he did, and seeing it to be of the purest gold, must have melted down one half for the sake of what it might be worth, and of the other made this which is like a barber's basin as thou sayest; but be it as it may, to me who recognise it, its transformation makes no difference, for I will set it to rights at the first village where there is a blacksmith, and in such style that that helmet the god of smithies forged for the god of battles shall not surpass it or even come up to it; and in the meantime I will wear it as well as I can, for something is better than nothing; all the more as it will be quite enough to protect me from any chance blow of a stone." |
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| Front | Que esta famosa pieza deste encantado yelmo, por algún estraño acidente, debió de venir a manos de quien no supo conocer ni estimar su valor, y, sin saber lo que hacía, viéndola de oro purísimo, debió de fundir la otra mitad para aprovecharse del precio, y de la otra mitad hizo ésta, que parece bacía de barbero, como tú dices. Pero, sea lo que fuere; que para mí que la conozco no hace al caso su trasmutación; que yo la aderezaré en el primer lugar donde haya herrero, y de suerte que no le haga ventaja, ni aun le llegue, la que hizo y forjó el dios de las herrerías para el dios de las batallas; y, en este entretanto, la traeré como pudiere, que más vale algo que no nada; cuanto más, que bien será bastante para defenderme de alguna pedrada. |
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