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ies, andabandong his ual gait and deanour as he scented the, he,without askg leave of his aster, got up a briskish little trotand hastened to ake known his wi射s to the; they, however, itseed, preferred their pasture to hi, and received hi with theirheels and teeth to such effect that they on broke his girths andleft hi naked without a saddle to ver hi; but what t havebeen worse to hi was that the carriers, seeg the violence he wafferg to their ares, ca runng up ard with stakes, and belaboured hi that they brought hi rely battered to the ground

by this ti don ixote and sancho, who had witnessed thedrubbg of rocante, ca up pantg, and said don ixote tosancho:

&ot; far as i can see, friend sancho, these are not knights butbase folk of low birth: i ntion it becae thou canst lawfully aid takg due venance for the sult offered to rocantebefore our eyes&ot;

&ot;what the devil venance can we take,&ot; answered sancho, &ot;if theyare ore than enty, and we no ore than o, or, deed, perhaps notore than one and a half?&ot;

&ot;i unt for a hundred,&ot; replied don ixote, and without ore word射 drew his sword and attacked the yanguesans and excited and ipelledby the exaple of his aster, sancho did the sa; and to begwith, don ixote delivered a slash at one of the that d openthe leather jerk he wore, tother with a great portion of hisshoulder the yanguesans, seeg theselves assaulted by only on while they were any, betook theselves to their stakes, anddrivg the o to