Question

Sancho kept spitting from time to time, and his spittle seemed somewhat ropy and dry, observing which the compassionate squire of the Grove said, "It seems to me that with all this talk of ours our tongues are sticking to the roofs of our mouths; but I have a pretty good loosener hanging from the saddle-bow of my horse," and getting up he came back the next minute with a large bota of wine and a pasty half a yard across; and this is no exaggeration, for it was made of a house rabbit so big that Sancho, as he handled it, took it to be made of a goat, not to say a kid, and looking at it he said, "And do you carry this with you, senor?"

Accepted Answer

Escupía Sancho a menudo, al parecer, un cierto género de saliva pegajosa y algo seca; lo cual visto y notado por el caritativo bosqueril escudero, dijo: -Paréceme que de lo que hemos hablado se nos pegan al paladar las lenguas; pero yo traigo un despegador pendiente del arzón de mi caballo, que es tal como bueno. Y, levantándose, volvió desde allí a un poco con una gran bota de vino y una empanada de media vara; y no es encarecimiento, porque era de un conejo albar, tan grande que Sancho, al tocarla, entendió ser de algún cabrón, no que de cabrito; lo cual visto por Sancho, dijo: -Y ¿esto trae vuestra merced consigo, señor?

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