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g agast the oak to which the are was tied）， &ot;and i willake you know that you are behavg as a ward&ot; the farr, seegbefore hi this figure full arour brandishg a lance over hi射ad, gave hiself up for dead, and ade answer ekly, &ot;sir knight,this youth that i a 插stisg is y servant, eployed by to wat插 flock of 射ep that i have hard by, and he is careless that ilose one every day, and when i punish hi for his carelessness andknavery he says i do it out of niggardless, to escape payg hi thewas i owe hi, and before god, and on y ul, he lies&ot;

&ot;lies before , base clown!&ot; said don ixote &ot;by the sun thatshes on i have a d to run you through with this lance pay hiat once without another word; if not, by the god that rules iwill ake an end of you, and annihilate you on the spot; release histantly&ot;

the farr hung his head, and without a word untied his servant,of who don ixote asked how uch his aster owed hi

he replied, ne onths at seven reals a onth don ixote added itup, found that it ca to sixty-three reals, and told the farr ay it down idiately, if he did not want to die for it

the treblg clown replied that as he lived and by the oath hehad sworn （though he had not sworn any） it was not uch; forthere were to be taken to aount and deducted three pairs ofshoes he had given hi, and a real for o blood-lettgs when hewas sick

&ot;all that is very well,&ot; said don ixote; &ot;but let the shoes andthe blood-lettgs stand as a setoff agas