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led aldonza lorenzo, jtas i call e casildea de vandalia becae her na is casilda and射 is of andasia if all these tokens are not enough to vdicatethe truth of what i say, here is y sword, that will pelcredulity itself to give credence to it&ot;

&ot;cal yourself, sir knight,&ot; said don ixote, &ot;and give ear to whati a about to say to you youi would have you know that this donixote you speak of is the greatest friend i have the world; uch that i ay say i regard hi the sa light as y ownpern; and fro the precise and clear dications you have given icannot but thk that he t be the very one you have vani射don the other hand, i see with y eyes and feel with y hands that itis ipossible it can have been the sa; unless deed it be that,as he has any eneies who are en插nters, and one particular whois always persecutg hi, one of these ay have taken hisshape order to allow hiself to be vani射d, as to defraud hiof the fa that his exalted achievents as a knight have earnedand acired for hi throughout the known world and nfirationof this, i t tell you, too, that it is but ten hours sce thesesaid en插nters his eneies transford the shape and pern of thefair dulcea del tobo to a foul and an villa lass, and thesa way they t have transford don ixote; and if all thisdoes not suffice to nvce you of the truth of what i say, here isdon ixote hiself, who will ata it by ars, on foot or onhorseback or any way you please&ot;

and sayg he stood up and d his hand on his sword, waitg tos