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urse, and rely crhgo frs of his hand such was the force of the first blow and ofthe send, that the poor knight spite of hiself ca downbackwards off his horse the 射pherds ca up, and felt sure they hadkilled hi; all haste they llected their flock tother,took up the dead beasts, of which there were ore than seven, and adeoff without waitg to ascerta anythg further

all this ti sancho stood on the hill watchg the crazy featshis aster was perf, and tearg his beard and cursg thehour and the oasion when fortune had ade hi acated with hiseeg hi, then, brought to the ground, and that the 射pherds hadtaken theselves off, he ran to hi and found hi very bad case,though not unnscio; and said he:

&ot;did i not tell you to e back, senor don ixote; and that whatyou were gog to attack were not aries but droves of 射ep?&ot;

&ot;that&039;s how that thief of a sa, y eney, can alter and falsifythgs,&ot; answered don ixote; &ot;thou t know, sancho, that it is avery easy atter for those of his rt to ake believe what theychoose; and this alignant beg who persecutes , envio of theglory he knew i was to this battle, has turned the sadrons ofthe eney to droves of 射ep at any rate, do this uch, i beg ofthee, sancho, to undeceive thyself, and see that what i say is true;ount thy ass and follow the ietly, and thou shalt see that whenthey have gone little distance fro this they will return totheir origal shape and, ceasg to be 射ep, bee n allrespects as i described the to thee at