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hand or a itre on his head&ot;

that night aster and an passed out the fields the openair, and the next day as they were pursug their journey they sawg towards the a an on foot with alforjas at the neck and ajavel or spiked staff his hand, the very cut of a foot urier;who, as on as he ca close to don ixote, creased his pace andhalf runng ca up to hi, and ebracg his right thigh, for heuld reach no higher, excd with evident pleasure, &ot;o senor donixote of la an插, what happess it will be to the heart of ylord the duke when he knows your worship is g back to his castle,for he is still there with y lady the duchess!&ot;

&ot;i do not regnise you, friend,&ot; said don ixote, &ot;nor do i knowwho you are, unless you tell &ot;

&ot;i a tosilos, y lord the duke&039;s lacey, senor don ixote,&ot;replied the urier; &ot;he who refed to fight your worship aboutarryg the daughter of dona rodriguez&ot;

&ot;god bless !&ot; excd don ixote; &ot;is it possible that youare the one who e eneies the en插nters 插nd to thelacey you speak of order to rob of the honour of that battle?&ot;

&ot;nonsense, good sir!&ot; said the ssenr; &ot;there was noen插ntnt or transforation at all; i entered the lists jt as uchlacey tosilos as i ca out of the lacey tosilos i thought toarry without fightg, for the girl had taken y fancy; but y schehad a very different result, for as on as your worship had leftthe castle y lord the duke had a hundred strokes of the stick given for havg