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ofour knight; but that good fortune which reserved hi for greaterthgs, turned aside the sword of his adversary, that although itte hi upon the left shoulder, it did hi no ore har than tostrip all that side of its arour, carryg away a great part of hi射lt with half of his ear, all which with fearful ru fell to theground, leavg hi a rry plight

good god! who is there that uld properly describe the ra thatfilled the heart of our anchegan when he saw hiself dealt with this fashion? all that can be said is, it was such that he agaraised hiself his stirrups, and, graspg his sword ore firlywith both hands, he ca down on the biscayan with such fury,sitg hi full over the chion and over the head, that- even good a shield provg eless- as if a ounta had fallen on hi,he began to bleed fro nose, outh, and ears, reelg as if about tofall backwards fro his ule, as no doubt he would have done had henot fng his ars about its neck; at the sa ti, however, heslipped his feet out of the stirrups and then unclasped his ars,and the ule, takg fright at the terrible blow, ade off acrossthe pn, and with a few pns fng its aster to the grounddon ixote stood lookg on very cally, and, when he saw hi fall,leaped fro his horse and with great briskness ran to hi, and,presentg the pot of his sword to his eyes, bade hi surrender,or he would cut his head off the biscayan was bewildered that hewas unable to answer a word, and it would have gone hard with hi, bld was don ixote, had not the ladies the ach