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THE STORY OF DON QUIXOTE

by

ARVID PAULSON and CLAYTON EDWARDS

With Illustrations in Color by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis

The Hampton Publishing Company New York

Copyright, MCMXXII, by Frederick A. Stokes Company

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Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

VOLUME I

CHAPTER PAGE

I WHICH TREATS OF THE CHARACTER AND PURSUITS OF
THE FAMOUS GENTLEMAN, DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA 1

II-III WHICH TREATS OF THE FIRST SALLY DON QUIXOTE
MADE FROM HOME 6

IV WHICH TREATS OF DON QUIXOTE'S FURTHER
ADVENTURES 14

V IN WHICH THE NARRATIVE OF OUR KNIGHT'S MISHAP
IS CONTINUED 20

VI OF THE DIVERTING AND IMPORTANT SCRUTINY WHICH
THE CURATE AND THE BARBER MADE IN THE LIBRARY
OF OUR INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN 22

VII OF THE SECOND SALLY OF OUR WORTHY KNIGHT, DON
QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA 24

VIII-IX OF THE GOOD FORTUNE WHICH THE VALIANT DON
QUIXOTE HAD IN THE TERRIBLE AND UNDREAMT-OF
ADVENTURE OF THE WINDMILLS, WITH OTHER
OCCURRENCES WORTHY TO BE FITLY RECORDED,
INCLUDING THE TERRIBLE BATTLE BETWEEN THE
GALLANT BISCAYAN AND THE VALIANT MANCHEGAN 27

X OF THE PLEASANT DISCOURSE THAT PASSED BETWEEN
DON QUIXOTE AND HIS SQUIRE SANCHO PANZA 33

XI OF WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE WITH CERTAIN
GOATHERDS 37

XII OF WHAT A GOATHERD RELATED TO THOSE WITH
DON QUIXOTE 39

XIII IN WHICH IS ENDED THE STORY OF THE SHEPHERDESS
MARCELA WITH OTHER INCIDENTS 41

XIV WHEREIN ARE DESCRIBED THE DESPAIRING VERSES
OF THE DEAD SHEPHERD 45

XV IN WHICH IS RELATED THE UNFORTUNATE ADVENTURE
THAT DON QUIXOTE FELL IN WITH WHEN HE FELL
OUT WITH CERTAIN HEARTLESS YANGUESANS 47

XVI OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN IN
THE INN WHICH HE TOOK TO BE A CASTLE 50

XVII IN WHICH ARE CONTAINED THE INNUMERABLE TROUBLES
WHICH THE BRAVE DON QUIXOTE AND HIS GOOD
SQUIRE SANCHO PANZA ENDURED AT THE INN, WHICH,
TO HIS MISFORTUNE, HE TOOK TO BE A CASTLE 51

XVIII IN WHICH IS RELATED THE DISCOURSE SANCHO PANZA
HELD WITH HIS MASTER, DON QUIXOTE, TOGETHER
WITH OTHER ADVENTURES WORTH RELATING 55

XIX OF THE SHREWD DISCOURSE WHICH SANCHO HELD WITH
HIS MASTER, AND OF THE ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL HIM
WITH A DEAD BODY, TOGETHER WITH OTHER NOTABLE
OCCURRENCES 59

XX OF THE UNEXAMPLED AND UNHEARD-OF ADVENTURE
WHICH WAS ACHIEVED BY THE VALIANT DON QUIXOTE
OF LA MANCHA WITH LESS PERIL THAN ANY EVER
ACHIEVED BY ANY FAMOUS KNIGHT IN THE WORLD 62

XXI WHICH TREATS OF THE EXALTED ADVENTURE AND RICH
PRIZE OF MAMBRINO'S HELMET, TOGETHER WITH OTHER
THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO OUR INVINCIBLE KNIGHT 65

XXII OF THE FREEDOM DON QUIXOTE CONFERRED ON SEVERAL
UNFORTUNATES WHO AGAINST THEIR WILL WERE BEING
CARRIED WHERE THEY HAD NO WISH TO GO 68

XXIII OF WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE IN THE SIERRA MORENA,
WHICH IS ONE OF THE RAREST ADVENTURES RELATED
IN THIS VERACIOUS HISTORY 71

XXIV IN WHICH IS CONTINUED THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIERRA
MORENA 73

XXV WHICH TREATS OF THE STRANGE THINGS THAT HAPPENED
TO THE STOUT KNIGHT OF LA MANCHA IN THE SIERRA
MORENA 75

XXVI IN WHICH ARE CONTINUED THE REFINEMENTS WHEREWITH
DON QUIXOTE PLAYED THE PART OF A LOVER
IN THE SIERRA MORENA 77

XXVII OF HOW THE CURATE AND THE BARBER PROCEEDED WITH
THEIR SCHEME, TOGETHER WITH OTHER MATTERS
WORTHY OF RECORD IN THIS GREAT HISTORY 80

XXVIII WHICH TREATS OF THE STRANGE AND DELIGHTFUL
ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL THE CURATE AND THE
BARBER IN THE SAME SIERRA 81

XXIX WHICH TREATS OF THE DROLL DEVICE AND METHOD
ADOPTED TO EXTRICATE OUR LOVE-STRICKEN KNIGHT
FROM THE SEVERE PENANCE HE HAD IMPOSED UPON
HIMSELF 83

XXX WHICH TREATS OF THE ADDRESS DISPLAYED BY THE
FAIR DOROTHEA, WITH OTHER MATTERS, PLEASANT AND
AMUSING 88

XXXI OF THE DELECTABLE DISCUSSION BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE
AND SANCHO PANZA, HIS SQUIRE, TOGETHER WITH
OTHER INCIDENTS 90

XXXII-XXXIV WHICH TREATS OF WHAT BEFELL ALL DON
QUIXOTE'S PARTY AT THE INN 91

XXXV WHICH TREATS OF THE HEROIC AND PRODIGIOUS BATTLE
DON QUIXOTE HAD WITH CERTAIN SKINS OF RED WINE,
AND BRINGS THE NOVEL OF THE "ILL-ADVISED CURIOSITY"
TO AN END 92

XXXVI WHICH TREATS OF MORE CURIOUS INCIDENTS THAT
OCCURRED AT THE INN 95

XXXVII IN WHICH IS CONTINUED THE STORY OF THE FAMOUS
PRINCESS MICOMICONA, WITH OTHER DROLL ADVENTURES 98

XXXVIII WHICH TREATS OF THE CURIOUS DISCOURSE DON QUIXOTE
DELIVERED ON ARMS AND LETTERS 102

XXXIX-XLI WHEREIN THE CAPTIVE RELATES HIS LIFE
AND ADVENTURES 103

XLII WHICH TREATS OF WHAT FURTHER TOOK PLACE IN THE
INN, AND OF SEVERAL OTHER THINGS WORTH KNOWING 108

XLIII WHEREIN IS RELATED THE PLEASANT STORY OF THE
MULETEER, TOGETHER WITH OTHER STRANGE THINGS THAT
CAME TO PASS IN THE INN 112

XLIV IN WHICH ARE CONTINUED THE UNHEARD-OF ADVENTURES
AT THE INN 117

XLV IN WHICH THE DOUBTFUL QUESTION OF MAMBRINO'S
HELMET AND THE PACK-SADDLE IS FINALLY SETTLED,
WITH OTHER ADVENTURES THAT OCCURRED IN TRUTH
AND EARNEST 123

XLVI OF THE END OF THE NOTABLE ADVENTURE OF THE OFFICERS
OF THE HOLY BROTHERHOOD; AND OF THE GREAT
FEROCITY OF OUR WORTHY KNIGHT, DON QUIXOTE 127

XLVII OF THE STRANGE MANNER IN WHICH DON QUIXOTE OF
LA MANCHA WAS CARRIED AWAY ENCHANTED, TOGETHER
WITH OTHER REMARKABLE INCIDENTS 132

XLVIII IN WHICH THE CANON PURSUES THE SUBJECT OF THE
BOOKS OF CHIVALRY, WITH OTHER MATTERS WORTHY
OF HIS WIT 137

XLIX WHICH TREATS OF HOW OUR KNIGHT IS PERMITTED TO
DESCEND FROM HIS CAGE, AND OF THE CANON'S ATTEMPT
TO CONVERT HIM FROM HIS ILLUSIONS 138

L-LI OF THE SHREWD CONTROVERSY WHICH DON QUIXOTE AND
THE CANON HELD, TOGETHER WITH OTHER INCIDENTS 139

LII OF THE QUARREL THAT DON QUIXOTE HAD WITH THE
GOATHERD, TOGETHER WITH THE RARE ADVENTURE OF
THE PENITENTS, WHICH WITH AN EXPENDITURE OF
SWEAT HE BROUGHT TO A HAPPY CONCLUSION 142

VOLUME II

CHAPTER PAGE

I OF THE INTERVIEW THE CURATE AND THE BARBER HAD
WITH DON QUIXOTE ABOUT HIS MALADY 147

II WHICH TREATS OF THE NOTABLE ALTERCATION WHICH SANCHO
PANZA HAD WITH DON QUIXOTE'S NIECE AND HIS
HOUSEKEEPER, TOGETHER WITH OTHER DROLL MATTERS 150

III OF THE LAUGHABLE CONVERSATION THAT PASSED BETWEEN
DON QUIXOTE, SANCHO PANZA, AND THE BACHELOR
SAMSON CARRASCO 153

IV IN WHICH SANCHO PANZA GIVES A SATISFACTORY REPLY
TO THE DOUBTS AND QUESTIONS OF THE BACHELOR
SAMSON CARRASCO TOGETHER WITH OTHER MATTERS
WORTH KNOWING AND MENTIONING 156

V OF THE SHREWD AND DROLL CONVERSATION THAT PASSED
BETWEEN SANCHO PANZA AND HIS WIFE TERESA
PANZA, AND OTHER MATTERS WORTHY OF BEING DULY
RECORDED 159

VI OF WHAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND HIS
NIECE AND HIS HOUSEKEEPER; ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
CHAPTERS IN THE WHOLE HISTORY 161

VII OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND HIS SQUIRE,
TOGETHER WITH OTHER VERY NOTABLE INCIDENTS 163

VIII WHEREIN IS RELATED WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE ON
HIS WAY TO SEE HIS LADY DULCINEA DEL TOBOSO 167

IX WHEREIN IS RELATED WHAT WILL BE SEEN THERE 170

X WHEREIN IS RELATED THE CRAFTY DEVICE SANCHO
ADOPTED TO ENCHANT THE LADY DULCINEA, AND OTHER
INCIDENTS AS LUDICROUS AS THEY ARE TRUE 172

XI OF THE STRANGE ADVENTURE WHICH THE VALIANT DON
QUIXOTE HAD WITH THE CAR OR CART OF "THE CORTES
OF DEATH" 175

XII OF THE STRANGE ADVENTURE WHICH BEFELL THE VALIANT
DON QUIXOTE WITH THE BOLD KNIGHT OF THE
GROVE 178

XIII-XIV IN WHICH IS CONTINUED THE ADVENTURE OF THE
KNIGHT OF THE GROVE, TOGETHER WITH THE SENSIBLE
AND TRANQUIL COLLOQUY THAT PASSED BETWEEN THE
TWO SQUIRES 180

XV WHEREIN IT IS MADE KNOWN HOW THE KNIGHT OF THE MIRROR
AND HIS SQUIRE EMERGED FROM THEIR ADVENTURE 186

XVI OF WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE WITH A DISCREET GENTLEMAN
OF LA MANCHA 187

XVII WHEREIN IS SHOWN THE FARTHEST AND HIGHEST POINT
WHICH THE UNEXAMPLED COURAGE OF DON QUIXOTE
REACHED OR COULD REACH; TOGETHER WITH THE HAPPILY
ACHIEVED ADVENTURE OF THE LIONS 190

XVIII OF WHAT HAPPENED TO DON QUIXOTE IN THE CASTLE
OR HOUSE OF THE KNIGHT OF THE GREEN COAT, TOGETHER
WITH OTHER MATTERS OUT OF THE COMMON 194

XIX IN WHICH IS RELATED THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENAMORED
SHEPHERD, TOGETHER WITH OTHER TRULY DROLL INCIDENTS 196

XX WHEREIN AN ACCOUNT IS GIVEN OF THE WEDDING OF
CAMACHO THE RICH, TOGETHER WITH THE INCIDENT
OF BASILIO THE POOR 199

XXI IN WHICH CAMACHO'S WEDDING IS CONTINUED, WITH
OTHER DELIGHTFUL INCIDENTS 200

XXII WHEREIN IS RELATED THE GRAND ADVENTURE OF THE
CAVE OF MONTESINOS IN THE HEART OF LA MANCHA,
WHICH THE VALIANT DON QUIXOTE BROUGHT TO A
HAPPY TERMINATION 203

XXIII OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THE INCOMPARABLE DON
QUIXOTE SAID HE SAW IN THE PROFOUND CAVE OF
MONTESINOS, THE IMPOSSIBILITY AND MAGNITUDE OF
WHICH CAUSE THIS ADVENTURE TO BE APOCRYPHAL 206

XXIV WHEREIN ARE RELATED SOME TRIFLING MATTERS,
AS TRIVIAL AS THEY ARE NECESSARY TO THE RIGHT
UNDERSTANDING OF THIS GREAT HISTORY 209

XXV WHEREIN IS SET DOWN THE BRAYING ADVENTURE, AND
THE DROLL ONE OF THE PUPPET-SHOWMAN, TOGETHER
WITH THE MEMORABLE DIVINATIONS OF THE DIVINING
APE 210

XXVI WHEREIN IS CONTINUED THE DROLL ADVENTURE OF THE
PUPPET-SHOWMAN, TOGETHER WITH OTHER THINGS
IN TRUTH RIGHT GOOD 214

XXVII WHEREIN IT IS SHOWN WHO MASTER PEDRO AND HIS APE
WERE, TOGETHER WITH THE MISHAP DON QUIXOTE HAD
IN THE BRAYING ADVENTURE, WHICH HE DID NOT
CONCLUDE AS HE WOULD HAVE LIKED OR AS HE HAD
EXPECTED 217

XXVIII OF MATTERS THAT BENENGELI SAYS HE WHO READS
THEM WILL KNOW, IF HE READS THEM WITH ATTENTION 220

XXIX OF THE FAMOUS ADVENTURE OF THE ENCHANTED BARK 222

XXX OF DON QUIXOTE'S ADVENTURE WITH A FAIR HUNTRESS 225

XXXI WHICH TREATS OF MANY AND GREAT MATTERS 228

XXXII OF THE REPLY DON QUIXOTE GAVE HIS CENSURER, WITH
OTHER INCIDENTS, GRAVE AND DROLL 232

XXXIII OF THE DELECTABLE DISCOURSE WHICH THE DUCHESS AND
HER DAMSELS HELD WITH SANCHO PANZA, WELL
WORTH READING AND NOTING 236

XXXIV WHICH RELATES HOW THEY LEARNED THE WAY IN
WHICH THEY WERE TO DISENCHANT THE PEERLESS
DULCINEA DEL TOBOSO, WHICH IS ONE OF THE
RAREST ADVENTURES IN THIS BOOK 238

XXXV WHEREIN IS CONTINUED THE INSTRUCTION GIVEN TO DON
QUIXOTE TOUCHING THE DISENCHANTMENT OF DULCINEA,
TOGETHER WITH OTHER MARVELOUS INCIDENTS 242

XXXVI WHEREIN IS RELATED THE STRANGE AND UNDREAMED-OF
ADVENTURE OF THE DISTRESSED DUENNA, ALIAS THE
COUNTESS TRIFALDI, TOGETHER WITH A LETTER WHICH
SANCHO PANZA WROTE TO HIS WIFE, TERESA PANZA 244

XXXVII-XXXIX WHEREIN IS CONTINUED THE NOTABLE ADVENTURE
OF THE DISTRESSED DUENNA, INCLUDING HER
MARVELOUS AND MEMORABLE TALE OF MISFORTUNE 246

XL OF MATTERS RELATING AND BELONGING TO THIS ADVENTURE
AND TO THIS MEMORABLE HISTORY 249

XLI THE END OF THIS PROTRACTED ADVENTURE 250

XLII OF THE COUNSELS WHICH DON QUIXOTE GAVE SANCHO
PANZA BEFORE HE SET OUT TO GOVERN THE ISLAND,
TOGETHER WITH OTHER WELL-CONSIDERED MATTERS 254

XLIII OF THE SECOND SET OF COUNSELS DON QUIXOTE GAVE
SANCHO PANZA 255

XLIV HOW SANCHO PANZA WAS CONDUCTED TO HIS GOVERNMENT;
AND OF THE STRANGE ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL
DON QUIXOTE IN THE CASTLE 257

XLV OF HOW THE GREAT SANCHO PANZA TOOK POSSESSION
OF HIS ISLAND; AND OF HOW HE MADE A BEGINNING
IN GOVERNING 259

XLVI OF THE TERRIBLE BELL AND CAT FRIGHT THAT DON
QUIXOTE GOT IN THE COURSE OF THE ENAMORED
ALTISIDORA'S WOOING 260

XLVII WHEREIN IS CONTINUED THE ACCOUNT OF HOW SANCHO
PANZA CONDUCTED HIMSELF IN HIS GOVERNMENT 263

XLVIII-XVIX OF WHAT HAPPENED TO SANCHO IN MAKING THE
ROUND OF HIS ISLAND 265

L WHEREIN IS SET FORTH HOW GOVERNOR SANCHO PANZA'S
WIFE RECEIVED A MESSAGE AND A GIFT FROM THE
DUCHESS; AND ALSO WHAT BEFELL THE PAGE WHO
CARRIED THE LETTER TO TERESA PANZA 267

LI OF THE PROGRESS OF SANCHO'S GOVERNMENT; AND OTHER
SUCH ENTERTAINING MATTERS 271

LII WHEREIN THREE DELECTABLE EPISTLES ARE READ BY
THE DUCHESS 273

LIII OF THE TROUBLOUS END AND TERMINATION OF SANCHO
PANZA'S GOVERNMENT 275

LIV-LV OF WHAT BEFELL SANCHO ON THE ROAD; AND OTHER
THINGS THAT CANNOT BE SURPASSED 280

LVI-LVII WHICH TREATS OF HOW DON QUIXOTE AGAIN
FELT THE CALLING OF KNIGHT-ERRANTRY AND HOW
HE TOOK LEAVE OF THE DUKE, AND OF WHAT FOLLOWED
WITH THE WITTY AND IMPUDENT ALTISIDORA, ONE OF
THE DUCHESS' DAMSELS 284

LVIII WHICH TELLS HOW ADVENTURES CAME CROWDING ON
DON QUIXOTE IN SUCH NUMBERS THAT THEY GAVE
ONE ANOTHER NO BREATHING-TIME 286

LIX WHEREIN IS RELATED THE STRANGE THING, WHICH MAY
BE REGARDED AS AN ADVENTURE, THAT HAPPENED TO
DON QUIXOTE 292

LX OF WHAT HAPPENED TO DON QUIXOTE ON HIS WAY TO
BARCELONA 297

LXI OF WHAT HAPPENED TO DON QUIXOTE ON ENTERING
BARCELONA, TOGETHER WITH OTHER MATTERS THAT
PARTAKE OF THE TRUE RATHER THAN THE INGENIOUS 303

LXII WHICH DEALS WITH THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENCHANTED
HEAD, TOGETHER WITH OTHER TRIVIAL MATTERS WHICH
CANNOT BE LEFT UNTOLD 305

LXIII THE MISHAP THAT BEFELL SANCHO PANZA THROUGH
THE VISIT TO THE GALLEYS 310

LXIV TREATING OF THE ADVENTURE WHICH GAVE DON QUIXOTE
MORE UNHAPPINESS THAN ALL THAT HAD HITHERTO
BEFALLEN HIM 313

LXV WHEREIN IS MADE KNOWN WHO THE KNIGHT OF THE
WHITE MOON WAS; LIKEWISE OTHER EVENTS 316

LXVI-LXVII OF THE RESOLUTION WHICH DON QUIXOTE
FORMED TO TURN SHEPHERD AND TAKE TO A LIFE IN
THE FIELDS WHILE THE YEAR FOR WHICH HE HAD
GIVEN HIS WORD WAS RUNNING ITS COURSE; WITH
OTHER EVENTS TRULY DELECTABLE AND HAPPY 317

LXVIII OF THE BRISTLY ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE 319

LXIX OF THE STRANGEST AND MOST EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE
THAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE IN THE WHOLE COURSE OF
THIS GREAT HISTORY 323

LXX WHICH FOLLOWS CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE AND DEALS WITH
MATTERS INDISPENSABLE FOR THE CLEAR COMPREHENSION
OF THIS HISTORY 328

LXXI OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND HIS
SQUIRE SANCHO ON THE WAY TO THEIR VILLAGE 331

LXXII-LXXIII OF THE OMENS DON QUIXOTE HAD AS HE ENTERED
HIS OWN VILLAGE; AND OTHER INCIDENTS THAT
EMBELLISH AND GIVE A COLOR TO THIS GREAT HISTORY 334

LXXIV OF HOW DON QUIXOTE FELL SICK, AND OF THE WILL HE
MADE, AND HOW HE DIED 337

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"Don Quixote insisted that the boat had been sent by
magic to fetch him to some great knight" _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

"Slashing right and left, dreaming that he had encountered
the giant enemy" 94

"He prayed that he should not be left to perish in the cage" 132

"With each lash he gave out the most heartrending cries" 334

THE STORY OF DON QUIXOTE

VOLUME I