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actly as the balladsgs it

the peasant stood aazed at hearg such nonsense, and relievg hiof the vir, already battered to pieces by blows, he wiped hisface, which was vered with dt, and as on as he had done heregnised hi and said, &ot;senor ixada&ot; （for he appears to havebeen called when he was his senses and had not yet 插nd fro aiet untry ntlean to a knight-errant）， &ot;who has brought yourworship to this pass?&ot; but to all estions the other only went onwith his ballad

seeg this, the good an reoved as well as he uld hisbreastplate and backpiece to see if he had any wound, but he uldperceive no blood nor any ark whatever he then ntrived to raisehi fro the ground, and with no little difficulty hoisted hi uponhis ass, which seed to hi to be the easiest ount for hi; andllectg the ars, even to the splters of the lance, he tiedthe on rocante, and leadg hi by the bridle and the ass by thehalter he took the road for the villa, very sad to hear whatabsurd stuff don ixote was talkg nor was don ixote less , forwhat with blows and bruises he uld not sit upright on the ass, andfro ti to ti he sent up sighs to heaven, that once ore hedrove the peasant to ask what ailed hi and it uld have been onlythe devil hiself that put to his head tales to atch his ownadventures, for now, fettg bald, he bethought hiself of theoor abdarraez, when the alcaide of anteera, rodrigo de narvaez,took hi prer and carried hi away to his castle; that when thepeasant aga asked hi how he was an