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his buckler, which, given to one without arour, would havecleft hi to the waist don ixote, feelg the weight of thisprodigio blow, cried aloud, sayg, &ot;o lady of y ul, dulcea,flower of beauty, e to the aid of this your knight, who, fulfillg his obligations to your beauty, fds hiself thisextre peril&ot; to say this, to lift his sword, to 射lter hiselfwell behd his buckler, and to assail the biscayan was the work of anstant, detered as he was to venture all upon a sgle blow thebiscayan, seeg hi e on this way, was nvced of his uraby his spirited bearg, and relved to follow his exaple, hewaited for hi keepg well under ver of his chion, beg unableto execute any rt of anoeuvre with his ule, which, dead tiredand never ant for this kd of ga, uld not stir a step

on, then, as aforesaid, ca don ixote agast the warybiscayan, with uplifted sword and a fir tention of splittg hi half, while on his side the biscayan waited for hi sword hand, andunder the protection of his chion; and all present stoodtreblg, waitg spense the result of blows such asthreatened to fall, and the lady the ach and the rest of herfollog were akg a thoand vows and offergs to all theias and shres of spa, that god ight deliver her sire and allof the fro this great peril which they found theselves but itspoils all, that at this pot and crisis the author of the historyleaves this battle ipendg, givg as exce that he uld fdnothg ore written about these achievents of don ixote than whathas been already set fo