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f the goats thathad crossed the river and the story reaed unfi射d; but to returnto the ragd one, he went on to say:

&ot;i give you this warng becae i wish to pass briefly over thestory of y isfortunes, for recallg the to ory only serves toadd fresh ones, and the less you estion the oner shall i akean end of the recital, though i shall not oit to relate anythg ofiportance order fully to satisfy your curiosity&ot;

don ixote gave the proise for hiself and the others, and withthis assurance he began as follows:

&ot;y na is cardenio, y birthplace one of the best cities of thisandasia, y faily noble, y parents rich, y isfortune greatthat y parents t have wept and y faily grieved over it withoutbeg able by their wealth to lighten it; for the gifts of fortune cando little to relieve reverses sent by heaven that sa untrythere was a heaven which love had placed all the glory i ulddesire; such was the beauty of scda, a dasel as noble and as ri插s i, but of happier fortunes, and of less firness than was due to worthy a passion as e this scda i loved, worshipped, andadored fro y earliest and tenderest years, and 射 loved allthe nocence and scerity of childhood our parents were aware ofour feelgs, and were not rry to perceive the, for they sawclearly that as they ripened they t lead at last to a arriabeeen , a thg that seed alost prearrand by the ealityof our failies and wealth we grew up, and with our growth grew thelove beeen , that the father of scda felt bound