"four," replied don quixote, "besides the back-tooth, all wholeand quite sound."
"mind what you are saying, senor."
"i say four, if not five," answered don quixote, "for never in mylife have i had tooth or grinder drawn, nor has any fallen out or beendestroyed by any decay or rheum."
"well, then," said sancho, "in this lower side your worship has nomore than two grinders and a half, and in the upper neither a half norany at all, for it is all as smooth as the palm of my hand."
"luckless that i am!" said don quixote, hearing the sad news hissquire gave him; "i had rather they despoiled me of an arm, so it werenot the sword-arm; for i tell thee, sancho, a mouth without teeth islike a mill without a millstone, and a tooth is much more to be prizedthan a diamond; but we who profess the austere order of chivalry areliable to all this. mount, friend, and lead the way, and i will followthee at whatever pace thou wilt."
sancho did as he bade him, and proceeded in the direction in whichhe thought he might find refuge without quitting the high road,which was there very much frequented. as they went along, then, at aslow pace- for the pain in don quixotes jaws kept him uneasy andill-disposed for speed- sancho thought it well to amuse and divert himby talk of some kind, and among the things he said to him was thatwhich will be told in the following 插pter.
插pter xix
of the shrewd discourse which sancho held with his master, and ofthe adventure that befell him with a dead body, together with othernotable urrences
"it seems to me, senor, that all these mishaps that have befallen usofte have been without any doubt a punishment for the offencmitted by your worship against the order of chivalry in not keepingthe oath you made not to eat bread off a tablecloth or embrace thequeen, and all the rest of it that your worship swore to observe untilyou had taken that helmet of mndrinos, or whatever the moor iscalled, for i do not very well remember."
"thou art very right, sancho," said don quixote, "but to tell thetruth, it had escaped my memory; and likewise thou mayest rely upon itthat the affair of the nket happened to thee because of thy faultin not reminding me of it in time; but i will make amends, for thereare ways ofpounding for everything in the order of chivalry."
"why! have i taken an oath of some sort, then?" said sancho.
"it makes no matter that thou hast not taken an oath," said donquixote; "suffice it that i see thou art not quite clear oplicity; and whether or no, it will not be ill done to provideourselves with a remedy."
"in that case," said sancho, "mind that your worship does not forgetthis as you did the oath; perhaps the phantoms may take it intotheir heads to amuse themselves once more with me; or even with yourworship if they see you so obstinate."
while engaged in this and other talk, night overtook them on theroad before they had reached or discovered any ce of 射lter; andwhat made it still worse was that they were dying of hunger, forwith the loss of the alforjas they had lost their entirerder anmissariat; and toplete the misfortune they met with anadventure which without any invention had really the appearance ofone. it so happened that the night closed in somewhat darkly, butfor all that they pu射d on, sancho feeling sure that as the roadwas the kings highway they might reasonably expect to find some innwithin a league or two. going along, then, in this way, the nightdark, the squire hungry, the master sharp-set, they sawing towardsthem on the road they were travelling a great number of lights whichlooked exactly like stars in motion. sancho was taken aback at thesight of them, nor did don quixote altogether relish them: the onepulled up his ass by the halter, the other his hack by the bridle, andthey stood still, watching anxiously to see what all this would turnout to be, and found that the lights were approaching them, and thenearer they came the greater they seemed, at which spectacle sanchobegan to shake like a man dosed with mercury, and don quixotes hairstood on end; he, however, plucking up spirit a little, said:
"this, no doubt, sancho, will be a most mighty and perilousadventure, in which it will be needful for me to put forth all myvalour and resolution."
"unlucky me!" answered sancho; "if this adventure happens to beone of phantoms, as i am beginning to think it is, where shall ifind the ribs to bear it?"
"be they phantoms ever so much," said don quixote, "i will notpermit them to touch a thread of thy garments; for if they yedtricks with thee the time before, it was because i was unable toleap the walls of the yard; but now we are on a wide in, where ishall be able to wield my sword as i please."
"and if they en插nt and cripple you as they did thest time,"said sancho, "what difference will it make being on the open inor not?"
"for all that," replied don quixote, "i entreat thee, sancho, tokeep a good heart, for experience will tell thee what mine is."
"i will, please god," answered sancho, and the two retiring to oneside of the road set themselves to observe closely what all thesemoving lights might be; and very soon afterwards they made out sometwenty encamisados, all on horseback, with lighted torches in theirhands, the awe-inspiring aspect of whompletely extingui射d thecourage of sancho, who began to 插tter with his teeth like one in thecold fit of an ague; and his heart sank and his teeth 插tteredstill more when they perceived distinctly that behind them therecame a litter covered over with ck and followed by six more mountedfigures in mourning down to the very feet of their mules- for theycould perceive inly they were not horses by the easy pace atwhich they went. and as the encamisados came along they muttered tothemselves in a low intive tone. this strange spectacle at su插n hour and in such a solitary ce was quite enough to strike terrorinto sanchos heart, and even into his masters; and （save in donquixotes case） did so, for all sanchos resolution had now brokendown. it was just the opposite with his master, whose imaginationimmediately conjured up all this to him vividly as one of theadventures of his books.
he took it into his head that the litter was a bier on which wasborne some sorely wounded or in knight, to avenge whom was a taskreserved for him alone; and without any further reasoning heidhisnce in rest, fixed himself firmly in his saddle, and withgant spirit and bearing took up his position in the middle of theroad where the encamisados must of necessity pass; and as soon as hesaw them near at hand he raised his voice and said:
"halt, knights, or whosoever ye may be, and render me ount of whoye are, whence yee, where ye go, what it is ye carry upon thatbier, for, to judge by appearances, either ye have done some wrongor some wrong has been done to you, and it is fitting and necessarythat i should know, either that i may 插stise you for the evil yehave done, or else that i may avenge you for the injury that hasbeen inflicted upon you."
"we are in haste," answered one of the encamisados, "and the innis far off, and we cannot stop to render you such an ount as youdemand;" and spurring his mule he moved on.
don quixote was mightily provoked by this answer, and seizing themule by the bridle he said, "halt, and be more mannerly, and render anount of what i have asked of you; else, take my defiance tobat,all of you."
the mule was shy, and was so frightened at her bridle being seizedthat rearing up 射 flung her rider to the ground over her haunches.an attendant who was on foot, seeing the encamisado fall, began toabuse don quixote, who now moved to anger, without any more adoying hisnce in rest 插rged one of the men in mourning andbrought him badly wounded to the ground, and as he wheeled roundupon the others the agility with which he attacked and routed them wasa sight to see, for it seemed just as if wings had that instantgrown upon rocinante, so lightly and proudly did he bear himself.the encamisados were all timid folk and unarmed, so they speedily madetheir escape from the fray and set off at a run across the inwith their lighted torches, looking exactly like maskers running onsome g or festival night. the mourners, too, enveloped andswathed in their skirts and gowns, were unable to bestir themselves,and so with entire safety to himself don quixote bboured them and drove them off against their will, for they all thought it wasno man but a devil from helle to carry away the dead body they hadin the litter.
sancho beheld all this in astonishment at the intrepidity of hislord, and said to himself, "clearly this master of mine is as bold andvaliant as he says he is."
a burning torchy on the ground near the first man whom the mulehad thrown, by the light of which don quixote perceived him, aning up to him he presented the point of thence to his face,calling on him to yield himself prisoner, or else he would kill him;to which the prostrate man replied, "i am prisoner enough as it is;i cannot stir, for one of my legs is broken: i entreat you, if yoube a christian gentleman, not to kill me, which will bemittinggrave sacrilege, for i am a licentiate and i hold first orders."
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"mind what you are saying, senor."
"i say four, if not five," answered don quixote, "for never in mylife have i had tooth or grinder drawn, nor has any fallen out or beendestroyed by any decay or rheum."
"well, then," said sancho, "in this lower side your worship has nomore than two grinders and a half, and in the upper neither a half norany at all, for it is all as smooth as the palm of my hand."
"luckless that i am!" said don quixote, hearing the sad news hissquire gave him; "i had rather they despoiled me of an arm, so it werenot the sword-arm; for i tell thee, sancho, a mouth without teeth islike a mill without a millstone, and a tooth is much more to be prizedthan a diamond; but we who profess the austere order of chivalry areliable to all this. mount, friend, and lead the way, and i will followthee at whatever pace thou wilt."
sancho did as he bade him, and proceeded in the direction in whichhe thought he might find refuge without quitting the high road,which was there very much frequented. as they went along, then, at aslow pace- for the pain in don quixotes jaws kept him uneasy andill-disposed for speed- sancho thought it well to amuse and divert himby talk of some kind, and among the things he said to him was thatwhich will be told in the following 插pter.
插pter xix
of the shrewd discourse which sancho held with his master, and ofthe adventure that befell him with a dead body, together with othernotable urrences
"it seems to me, senor, that all these mishaps that have befallen usofte have been without any doubt a punishment for the offencmitted by your worship against the order of chivalry in not keepingthe oath you made not to eat bread off a tablecloth or embrace thequeen, and all the rest of it that your worship swore to observe untilyou had taken that helmet of mndrinos, or whatever the moor iscalled, for i do not very well remember."
"thou art very right, sancho," said don quixote, "but to tell thetruth, it had escaped my memory; and likewise thou mayest rely upon itthat the affair of the nket happened to thee because of thy faultin not reminding me of it in time; but i will make amends, for thereare ways ofpounding for everything in the order of chivalry."
"why! have i taken an oath of some sort, then?" said sancho.
"it makes no matter that thou hast not taken an oath," said donquixote; "suffice it that i see thou art not quite clear oplicity; and whether or no, it will not be ill done to provideourselves with a remedy."
"in that case," said sancho, "mind that your worship does not forgetthis as you did the oath; perhaps the phantoms may take it intotheir heads to amuse themselves once more with me; or even with yourworship if they see you so obstinate."
while engaged in this and other talk, night overtook them on theroad before they had reached or discovered any ce of 射lter; andwhat made it still worse was that they were dying of hunger, forwith the loss of the alforjas they had lost their entirerder anmissariat; and toplete the misfortune they met with anadventure which without any invention had really the appearance ofone. it so happened that the night closed in somewhat darkly, butfor all that they pu射d on, sancho feeling sure that as the roadwas the kings highway they might reasonably expect to find some innwithin a league or two. going along, then, in this way, the nightdark, the squire hungry, the master sharp-set, they sawing towardsthem on the road they were travelling a great number of lights whichlooked exactly like stars in motion. sancho was taken aback at thesight of them, nor did don quixote altogether relish them: the onepulled up his ass by the halter, the other his hack by the bridle, andthey stood still, watching anxiously to see what all this would turnout to be, and found that the lights were approaching them, and thenearer they came the greater they seemed, at which spectacle sanchobegan to shake like a man dosed with mercury, and don quixotes hairstood on end; he, however, plucking up spirit a little, said:
"this, no doubt, sancho, will be a most mighty and perilousadventure, in which it will be needful for me to put forth all myvalour and resolution."
"unlucky me!" answered sancho; "if this adventure happens to beone of phantoms, as i am beginning to think it is, where shall ifind the ribs to bear it?"
"be they phantoms ever so much," said don quixote, "i will notpermit them to touch a thread of thy garments; for if they yedtricks with thee the time before, it was because i was unable toleap the walls of the yard; but now we are on a wide in, where ishall be able to wield my sword as i please."
"and if they en插nt and cripple you as they did thest time,"said sancho, "what difference will it make being on the open inor not?"
"for all that," replied don quixote, "i entreat thee, sancho, tokeep a good heart, for experience will tell thee what mine is."
"i will, please god," answered sancho, and the two retiring to oneside of the road set themselves to observe closely what all thesemoving lights might be; and very soon afterwards they made out sometwenty encamisados, all on horseback, with lighted torches in theirhands, the awe-inspiring aspect of whompletely extingui射d thecourage of sancho, who began to 插tter with his teeth like one in thecold fit of an ague; and his heart sank and his teeth 插tteredstill more when they perceived distinctly that behind them therecame a litter covered over with ck and followed by six more mountedfigures in mourning down to the very feet of their mules- for theycould perceive inly they were not horses by the easy pace atwhich they went. and as the encamisados came along they muttered tothemselves in a low intive tone. this strange spectacle at su插n hour and in such a solitary ce was quite enough to strike terrorinto sanchos heart, and even into his masters; and （save in donquixotes case） did so, for all sanchos resolution had now brokendown. it was just the opposite with his master, whose imaginationimmediately conjured up all this to him vividly as one of theadventures of his books.
he took it into his head that the litter was a bier on which wasborne some sorely wounded or in knight, to avenge whom was a taskreserved for him alone; and without any further reasoning heidhisnce in rest, fixed himself firmly in his saddle, and withgant spirit and bearing took up his position in the middle of theroad where the encamisados must of necessity pass; and as soon as hesaw them near at hand he raised his voice and said:
"halt, knights, or whosoever ye may be, and render me ount of whoye are, whence yee, where ye go, what it is ye carry upon thatbier, for, to judge by appearances, either ye have done some wrongor some wrong has been done to you, and it is fitting and necessarythat i should know, either that i may 插stise you for the evil yehave done, or else that i may avenge you for the injury that hasbeen inflicted upon you."
"we are in haste," answered one of the encamisados, "and the innis far off, and we cannot stop to render you such an ount as youdemand;" and spurring his mule he moved on.
don quixote was mightily provoked by this answer, and seizing themule by the bridle he said, "halt, and be more mannerly, and render anount of what i have asked of you; else, take my defiance tobat,all of you."
the mule was shy, and was so frightened at her bridle being seizedthat rearing up 射 flung her rider to the ground over her haunches.an attendant who was on foot, seeing the encamisado fall, began toabuse don quixote, who now moved to anger, without any more adoying hisnce in rest 插rged one of the men in mourning andbrought him badly wounded to the ground, and as he wheeled roundupon the others the agility with which he attacked and routed them wasa sight to see, for it seemed just as if wings had that instantgrown upon rocinante, so lightly and proudly did he bear himself.the encamisados were all timid folk and unarmed, so they speedily madetheir escape from the fray and set off at a run across the inwith their lighted torches, looking exactly like maskers running onsome g or festival night. the mourners, too, enveloped andswathed in their skirts and gowns, were unable to bestir themselves,and so with entire safety to himself don quixote bboured them and drove them off against their will, for they all thought it wasno man but a devil from helle to carry away the dead body they hadin the litter.
sancho beheld all this in astonishment at the intrepidity of hislord, and said to himself, "clearly this master of mine is as bold andvaliant as he says he is."
a burning torchy on the ground near the first man whom the mulehad thrown, by the light of which don quixote perceived him, aning up to him he presented the point of thence to his face,calling on him to yield himself prisoner, or else he would kill him;to which the prostrate man replied, "i am prisoner enough as it is;i cannot stir, for one of my legs is broken: i entreat you, if yoube a christian gentleman, not to kill me, which will bemittinggrave sacrilege, for i am a licentiate and i hold first orders."
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