| Back | The truth is, I came to the gate, where some dozen or so of devils were playing tennis, all in breeches and doublets, with falling collars trimmed with Flemish bonelace, and ruffles of the same that served them for wristbands, with four fingers' breadth of the arms exposed to make their hands look longer; in their hands they held rackets of fire; but what amazed me still more was that books, apparently full of wind and rubbish, served them for tennis balls, a strange and marvellous thing; this, however, did not astonish me so much as to observe that, although with players it is usual for the winners to be glad and the losers sorry, there in that game all were growling, all were snarling, and all were cursing one another." "That's no wonder," said Sancho; "for devils, whether playing or not, can never be content, win or lose." |
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| Front | La verdad es que llegué a la puerta, adonde estaban jugando hasta una docena de diablos a la pelota, todos en calzas y en jubón, con valonas guarnecidas con puntas de randas flamencas, y con unas vueltas de lo mismo, que les servían de puños, con cuatro dedos de brazo de fuera, porque pareciesen las manos más largas, en las cuales tenían unas palas de fuego; y lo que más me admiró fue que les servían, en lugar de pelotas, libros, al parecer, llenos de viento y de borra, cosa maravillosa y nueva; pero esto no me admiró tanto como el ver que, siendo natural de los jugadores el alegrarse los gananciosos y entristecerse los que pierden, allí en aquel juego todos gruñían, todos regañaban y todos se maldecían. |
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