| Back | "How! not vanquished?" said he of the Grove; "by the heaven that is above us I fought Don Quixote and overcame him and made him yield; and he is a man of tall stature, gaunt features, long, lank limbs, with hair turning grey, an aquiline nose rather hooked, and large black drooping moustaches; he does battle under the name of 'The Countenance,' and he has for squire a peasant called Sancho Panza; he presses the loins and rules the reins of a famous steed called Rocinante; and lastly, he has for the mistress of his will a certain Dulcinea del Toboso, once upon a time called Aldonza Lorenzo, just as I call mine Casildea de Vandalia because her name is Casilda and she is of Andalusia. |
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| Front | Por el cielo que nos cubre, que peleé con don Quijote, y le vencí y rendí; y es un hombre alto de cuerpo, seco de rostro, estirado y avellanado de miembros, entrecano, la nariz aguileña y algo corva, de bigotes grandes, negros y caídos. Campea debajo del nombre del Caballero de la Triste Figura, y trae por escudero a un labrador llamado Sancho Panza; oprime el lomo y rige el freno de un famoso caballo llamado Rocinante, y, finalmente, tiene por señora de su voluntad a una tal Dulcinea del Toboso, llamada un tiempo Aldonza Lorenzo; como la mía, que, por llamarse Casilda y ser de la Andalucía, yo la llamo Casildea de Vandalia. |
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