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rth it is true the send author of thiswork was unwillg to believe that a history curio uld havebeen allowed to fall under the sentence of oblivion, or that thewits of la an插 uld have been undiscerng as not to preserve their archives or registries docunts referrg to thisfao knight; and this beg his persuasion, he did not despair offdg the ncsion of this pleasant history, which, heavenfavourg hi, he did fd a way that shall be related thesend part

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which is ncded and fi射d the terrific battle beeen thegallant biscayan and the valiant anchegan

the first part of this history we left the valiant biscayan andthe renowned don ixote with drawn swords uplifted, ready todeliver o such furio slashg blows that if they had fallen fulland fair they would at least have split and cleft the asunder fro to toe and d the open like a pogranate; and at this critical pot the delightful history ca to a s and stood cutshort without any tiation fro the author where what was issgwas to be found

this distressed greatly, becae the pleasure derived fro havgread such a sall portion turned to vexation at the thought of thepoor 插nce that presented itself of fdg the lar part that, it seed to , was issg of such an terestg tale itappeared to to be a thg ipossible and ntrary to allprecedent that good a knight should have been without sato undertake the task of writg his arvello achievents; athg that was never wantg to any of those knights-errant who,they say, went afte