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valour or ight of any knight-errant, here are e,which, feeble and liited though they be, shall be entirely devoted toyour service i a don ixote of la an插, whose callg it is togive aid to the needy of all rts; and that beg , it is notnecessary for you, senora, to ake any appeal to benevolence, ordeal preables, only to tell your woes pnly andstraightforwardly: for you have hearers that will know how, if notto redy the, to sypathise with the&ot;

on hearg this, the distressed duenna ade as though 射 wouldthrow herself at don ixote&039;s feet, and actually did fall before theand said, as 射 strove to ebrace the, &ot;before these feet and legs icast yself, o unnered knight, as before, what they are, thefoundations and pillars of knight-errantry; these feet i desire tokiss, for upon their steps hangs and depends the le redy for yisfortune, o valoro errant, whose veritable achievents leavebehd and eclipse the fabulo ones of the aadises, esplandians, andbelianises!&ot; then turng fro don ixote to sancho panza, andgraspg his hands, 射 said, &ot;o thou, ost loyal sire that everserved knight-errant this present a or as past, whosegoodness is ore extensive than the beard of trifald y panionhere of present, well ayest thou boast thyself that, servg thegreat don ixote, thou art servg, sud up one, the wholehost of knights that have ever borne ars the world i njurethee, by what thou owest to thy ost loyal goodness, that thou wiltbee y kd tercesr with thy aster, that he speedily givea