| Back | Don Quixote when he saw the strange garb of the penitents, without reflecting how often he had seen it before, took it into his head that this was a case of adventure, and that it fell to him alone as a knight-errant to engage in it; and he was all the more confirmed in this notion, by the idea that an image draped in black they had with them was some illustrious lady that these villains and discourteous thieves were carrying off by force. As soon as this occurred to him he ran with all speed to Rocinante who was grazing at large, and taking the bridle and the buckler from the saddle-bow, he had him bridled in an instant, and calling to Sancho for his sword he mounted Rocinante, braced his buckler on his arm, and in a loud voice exclaimed to those who stood by, "Now, noble company, ye shall see how important it is that there should be knights in the world professing the of knight-errantry; now, I say, ye shall see, by the deliverance of that worthy lady who is borne captive there, whether knights-errant deserve to be held in estimation," and so saying he brought his legs to bear on Rocinante—for he had no spurs—and at a full canter (for in all this veracious history we never read of Rocinante fairly galloping) set off to encounter the penitents, though the curate, the canon, and the barber ran to prevent him. |
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| Front | Don Quijote, que vio los estraños trajes de los diciplinantes, sin pasarle por la memoria las muchas veces que los había de haber visto, se imaginó que era cosa de aventura, y que a él solo tocaba, como a caballero andante, el acometerla; y confirmóle más esta imaginación pensar que una imagen que traían cubierta de luto fuese alguna principal señora que llevaban por fuerza aquellos follones y descomedidos malandrines; y, como esto le cayó en las mientes, con gran ligereza arremetió a Rocinante, que paciendo andaba, quitándole del arzón el freno y el adarga, y en un punto le enfrenó, y, pidiendo a Sancho su espada, subió sobre Rocinante y embrazó su adarga, y dijo en alta voz a todos los que presentes estaban: -Agora, valerosa compañía, veredes cuánto importa que haya en el mundo caballeros que profesen la orden de la andante caballería; agora digo que veredes, en la libertad de aquella buena señora que allí va cautiva, si se han de estimar los caballeros andantes. Y, en diciendo esto, apretó los muslos a Rocinante, porque espuelas no las tenía, y, a todo galope, porque carrera tirada no se lee en toda esta verdadera historia que jamás la diese Rocinante, se fue a encontrar con los diciplinantes, bien que fueran el cura y el canónigo y barbero a detenelle; mas no les fue posible, ni menos le detuvieron las voces que Sancho le daba, diciendo: -¿Adónde va, señor don Quijote? |
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