| Back | One of those who supported it, leaving the burden to his comrades, advanced to meet him, flourishing a forked stick that he had for propping up the stand when resting, and with this he caught a mighty cut Don Quixote made at him that severed it in two; but with the portion that remained in his hand he dealt such a thwack on the shoulder of Don Quixote's sword arm (which the buckler could not protect against the clownish assault) that poor Don Quixote came to the ground in a sad plight. |
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| Front | Uno de aquellos que las llevaban, dejando la carga a sus compañeros, salió al encuentro de don Quijote, enarbolando una horquilla o bastón con que sustentaba las andas en tanto que descansaba; y, recibiendo en ella una gran cuchillada que le tiró don Quijote, con que se la hizo dos partes, con el último tercio, que le quedó en la mano, dio tal golpe a don Quijote encima de un hombro, por el mismo lado de la espada, que no pudo cubrir el adarga contra villana fuerza, que el pobre don Quijote vino al suelo muy mal parado. |
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