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rough one, and it will he well to have patience; &039;zaora was not won an hour&039; if i have not reckoned wrong thou hast given thyself overa thoand la射s; that is enough for the present; &039;for the ass,&039; ut it holy phrase, &039;bears the load, but not the overload&039;&ot;

&ot;no, no, senor,&ot; replied sancho; &ot;it shall never be said of , &039;theoney paid, the ars broken;&039; go back a little further, yourworship, and let give yself at any rate a thoand la射s ore;for a uple of bouts like this we shall have fi射d off the lot,and there will be even cloth to spare&ot;

&ot;as thou art such a willg ood,&ot; said don ixote, &ot;ayheaven aid thee; lay on and i&039;ll retire&ot;

sancho returned to his task with uch retion that he on hadthe bark stripped off several trees, such was the severity withwhich he whipped hiself; and one ti, raisg his voice, andgivg a beech a trendo lash, he cried out, &ot;here dies san, andall with hi!&ot;

at the und of his piteo cry and of the stroke of the cruel lash,don ixote ran to hi at once, and seizg the isted halter thatserved hi for a urbash, said to hi, &ot;heaven forbid, sancho yfriend, that to please thou shouldst lose thy life, which is neededfor the support of thy wife and children; let dulcea wait for abetter opportunity, and i will ntent yself with a hope on to berealised, and have patience until thou hast gaed fresh strength as to fish off this bess to the satisfaction of everybody&ot;

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