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Of the quarrel between Don Quixote and the Goatherd, with the rare adventure of the Disciplinants.
The goatherd's tale amused all his auditors, especially the canon,
who was struck by his manner of telling it, which was more like
that of a scholar and a gentleman than an unpolished goatherd;
and he was convinced that the priest was perfectly right when he
affirmed that men of letters were often produced among mountains.
They all offered their service to Eugenio; but the most
liberal in his offers was Don Quixote, who said to him, "In
truth, brother goatherd, were I in a situation to undertake any
new adventure, I would immediately engage myself in your service,
and release your lady from the nunnery in spite of the
abbess and all opposers, then deliver her into your hands, to be
disposed of at your pleasure, so far as is consistent with the laws
of chivalry, which enjoin that no kind of outrage be offered to
damsels. I trust, however, that the power of one malicious enchanter
shall not be so prevalent over another but that a better
disposed one may triumph; and then I promise you my aid and
protection according to the duty of my profession, which is no
other than to favour the weak and necessitous." The goatherd
stared at Don Quixote, and observing his odd appearance, he
whispered to the barber who sat next to him, "Pray, sir, who is
that man that looks and talks so strangely?" "Who should it be,"
answered the barber, "but the famous Don Quixote de la Mancha,
the redresser of injuries, the righter of wrongs, the protector
of maidens, the dread of giants, and the conqueror of armies?"
"Why this is like what we hear in the stories of knights-errant,"
said the goatherd; "but I take it either your worship is in jest, or
the apartments in this gentleman's skull are unfurnished." "You
are a very great blockhead," exclaimed the knight; "it is yourself
who are empty-skulled and shallow-brained;" and as he spoke,
he snatched up a loaf that was near him, and threw it at the
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goatherd's face with so much fury that he laid his nose flat. The
goatherd did not much relish the jest, so, without any respect to
the tablecloth or to the company present, he leaped upon Don
Quixote, and seizing him by the throat with both hands, would
doubtless have strangled him, had not Sancho Panza, who came
up at that moment, taken him by the shoulders and thrown him
back on the tablecloth, demolishing dishes and platters, and spilling
and overturning all that was upon it. Don Quixote, finding
himself free, turned again upon the goatherd, who, being kicked
and trampled upon by Sancho, was feeling about upon all fours
for some knife or weapon to take revenge withal; but the canon
and the priest prevented him. The barber, however, maliciously
contrived that the goatherd should get Don Quixote under him,
whom he buffeted so unmercifully that he (...)
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