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own town there are those who rg the 插ns and jgle the bellsto perfection; of shoe-dancers i say nothg, for of the he hasengad a host but none of these thgs, nor of the any others ihave oitted to ntion, will do ore to ake this a orable weddgthan the part which i spect the despairg basilio will play it this basilio is a youth of the sa villa as iteria, and helived the hoe next door to that of her parents, of whichcirctance love took advanta to reproduce to the word thelong-fotten loves of pyra and thisbe; for basilio loved iteriafro his earliest years, and 射 responded to his passion withuntless odest proofs of affection, that the loves of the ochildren, basilio and iteria, were the talk and the aent of thetown as they grew up, the father of iteria ade up his d torefe basilio his wonted freedo of aess to the hoe, and torelieve hiself of nstant doubts and spicions, he arrand a atchfor his daughter with the rich caacho, as he did not approve ofarryg her to basilio, who had not lar a share of the giftf fortune as of nature; for if the truth be told ungrudggly, heis the ost agile youth we know, a ighty thrower of the bar, afirst-rate wrestler, and a great ball-player; he runs like a deer, andleaps better than a goat, bowls over the ne-ps as if by agic,sgs like a lark, plays the guitar as to ake it speak, and, aboveall, handles a sword as well as the best&ot;

&ot;for that excellence alone,&ot; said don ixote at this, &ot;the youthdeserves to arry, not rely the fair iteria,