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CONTENTS

##  DON QUIXOTE Vol. 1

##  DON QUIXOTE Vol. 2

##  THE EXEMPLARY NOVELS OF CERVANTES

##  WIT AND WISDOM OF DON QUIXOTE

##  NUMANTIA





TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES

DON QUIXOTE
by Miguel de Cervantes
Translated by John Ormsby
VOLUME I.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I 	WHICH TREATS OF THE CHARACTER AND PURSUITS OF THE FAMOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA
CHAPTER II 	WHICH TREATS OF THE FIRST SALLY THE INGENIOUS DON QUIXOTE MADE FROM HOME
CHAPTER III 	WHEREIN IS RELATED THE DROLL WAY IN WHICH DON QUIXOTE HAD HIMSELF DUBBED A KNIGHT
CHAPTER IV 	OF WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR KNIGHT WHEN HE LEFT THE INN
CHAPTER V 	IN WHICH THE NARRATIVE OF OUR KNIGHT’S MISHAP IS CONTINUED
CHAPTER VI 	OF THE DIVERTING AND IMPORTANT SCRUTINY WHICH THE CURATE AND THE BARBER MADE IN THE LIBRARY OF OUR INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER VII 	OF THE SECOND SALLY OF OUR WORTHY KNIGHT DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA
CHAPTER VIII 	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
CHAPTER IX 	IN WHICH IS CONCLUDED AND FINISHED THE TERRIFIC BATTLE BETWEEN THE GALLANT BISCAYAN AND THE VALIANT MANCHEGAN
CHAPTER X 	OF THE PLEASANT DISCOURSE THAT PASSED BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND HIS SQUIRE SANCHO PANZA
CHAPTER XI 	OF WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE WITH CERTAIN GOATHERDS
CHAPTER XII 	OF WHAT A GOATHERD RELATED TO THOSE WITH DON QUIXOTE
CHAPTER XIII 	IN WHICH IS ENDED THE STORY OF THE SHEPHERDESS MARCELA, WITH OTHER INCIDENTS
CHAPTER XIV 	WHEREIN ARE INSERTED THE DESPAIRING VERSES OF THE DEAD SHEPHERD, TOGETHER WITH OTHER INCIDENTS NOT LOOKED FOR
CHAPTER XV 	IN WHICH IS RELATED THE UNFORTUNATE ADVENTURE THAT DON QUIXOTE FELL IN WITH WHEN HE FELL OUT WITH CERTAIN HEARTLESS YANGUESANS
CHAPTER XVI 	OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN IN THE INN WHICH HE TOOK TO BE A CASTLE
CHAPTER XVII 	IN WHICH ARE CONTAINED THE INNUMERABLE TROUBLES WHICH THE BRAVE DON QUIXOTE AND HIS GOOD SQUIRE SANCHO PANZA ENDURED IN THE INN, WHICH TO HIS MISFORTUNE HE TOOK TO BE A CASTLE
CHAPTER XVIII 	IN WHICH IS RELATED THE DISCOURSE SANCHO PANZA HELD WITH HIS MASTER, DON QUIXOTE, AND OTHER ADVENTURES WORTH RELATING
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER XXI 	WHICH TREATS OF THE EXALTED ADVENTURE AND RICH PRIZE OF MAMBRINO’S HELMET, TOGETHER WITH OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO OUR INVINCIBLE KNIGHT
CHAPTER XXII 	OF THE FREEDOM DON QUIXOTE CONFERRED ON SEVERAL UNFORTUNATES WHO AGAINST THEIR WILL WERE BEING CARRIED WHERE THEY HAD NO WISH TO GO
CHAPTER XXIII 	OF WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE IN THE SIERRA MORENA, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE RAREST ADVENTURES RELATED IN THIS VERACIOUS HISTORY
CHAPTER XXIV 	IN WHICH IS CONTINUED THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIERRA MORENA
CHAPTER XXV 	WHICH TREATS OF THE STRANGE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO THE STOUT KNIGHT OF LA MANCHA IN THE SIERRA MORENA, AND OF HIS IMITATION OF THE PENANCE OF BELTENEBROS
CHAPTER XXVI 	IN WHICH ARE CONTINUED THE REFINEMENTS WHEREWITH DON QUIXOTE PLAYED THE PART OF A LOVER IN THE SIERRA MORENA
CHAPTER XXVII 	OF HOW THE CURATE AND THE BARBER PROCEEDED WITH THEIR SCHEME; TOGETHER WITH OTHER MATTERS WORTHY OF RECORD IN THIS GREAT HISTORY
CHAPTER XXVIII 	WHICH TREATS OF THE STRANGE AND DELIGHTFUL ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL THE CURATE AND THE BARBER IN THE SAME SIERRA
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER XXX 	WHICH TREATS OF ADDRESS DISPLAYED BY THE FAIR DOROTHEA, WITH OTHER MATTERS PLEASANT AND AMUSING
CHAPTER XXXI 	OF THE DELECTABLE DISCUSSION BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO PANZA, HIS SQUIRE, TOGETHER WITH OTHER INCIDENTS
CHAPTER XXXII 	WHICH TREATS OF WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE’S PARTY AT THE INN
CHAPTER XXXIII 	IN WHICH IS RELATED THE NOVEL OF “THE ILL-ADVISED CURIOSITY”
CHAPTER XXXIV 	IN WHICH IS CONTINUED THE NOVEL OF “THE ILL-ADVISED CURIOSITY”
CHAPTER 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 A CLOSE
CHAPTER XXXVI 	WHICH TREATS OF MORE CURIOUS INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED AT THE INN
CHAPTER XXXVII 	IN WHICH IS CONTINUED THE STORY OF THE FAMOUS PRINCESS MICOMICONA, WITH OTHER DROLL ADVENTURES
CHAPTER XXXVIII 	WHICH TREATS OF THE CURIOUS DISCOURSE DON QUIXOTE DELIVERED ON ARMS AND LETTERS
CHAPTER XXXIX 	WHEREIN THE CAPTIVE RELATES HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES
CHAPTER XL 	IN WHICH THE STORY OF THE CAPTIVE IS CONTINUED
CHAPTER XLI 	IN WHICH THE CAPTIVE STILL CONTINUES HIS ADVENTURES
CHAPTER XLII 	WHICH TREATS OF WHAT FURTHER TOOK PLACE IN THE INN, AND OF SEVERAL OTHER THINGS WORTH KNOWING
CHAPTER XLIII 	WHEREIN IS RELATED THE PLEASANT STORY OF THE MULETEER, TOGETHER WITH OTHER STRANGE THINGS THAT CAME TO PASS IN THE INN
CHAPTER XLIV 	IN WHICH ARE CONTINUED THE UNHEARD-OF ADVENTURES OF THE INN
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER XLVII 	OF THE STRANGE MANNER IN WHICH DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA WAS CARRIED AWAY ENCHANTED, TOGETHER WITH OTHER REMARKABLE INCIDENTS
CHAPTER XLVIII 	IN WHICH THE CANON PURSUES THE SUBJECT OF THE BOOKS OF CHIVALRY, WITH OTHER MATTERS WORTHY OF HIS WIT
CHAPTER XLIX 	WHICH TREATS OF THE SHREWD CONVERSATION WHICH SANCHO PANZA HELD WITH HIS MASTER DON QUIXOTE
CHAPTER L 	OF THE SHREWD CONTROVERSY WHICH DON QUIXOTE AND THE CANON HELD, TOGETHER WITH OTHER INCIDENTS
CHAPTER LI 	WHICH DEALS WITH WHAT THE GOATHERD TOLD THOSE WHO WERE CARRYING OFF DON QUIXOTE
CHAPTER 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

DON QUIXOTE
by Miguel de Cervantes
VOLUME II
Translated by John Ormsby

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I 	OF THE INTERVIEW THE CURATE AND THE BARBER HAD WITH DON QUIXOTE ABOUT HIS MALADY
CHAPTER II 	WHICH TREATS OF THE NOTABLE ALTERCATION WHICH SANCHO PANZA HAD WITH DON QUIXOTE’S NIECE, AND HOUSEKEEPER, TOGETHER WITH OTHER DROLLMATTERS
CHAPTER III 	OF THE LAUGHABLE CONVERSATION THAT PASSED BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE, SANCHO PANZA, AND THE BACHELOR SAMSON CARRASCO
CHAPTER 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 TELLING
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER VI 	OF WHAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND HIS NIECE AND HOUSEKEEPER; ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CHAPTERS IN THE WHOLE HISTORY
CHAPTER VII 	OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND HIS SQUIRE, TOGETHER WITH OTHER VERY NOTABLE INCIDENTS
CHAPTER VIII 	WHEREIN IS RELATED WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE ON HIS WAY TO SEE HIS LADY DULCINEA DEL TOBOSO
CHAPTER IX 	WHEREIN IS RELATED WHAT WILL BE SEEN THERE
CHAPTER X 	WHEREIN IS RELATED THE CRAFTY DEVICE SANCHO ADOPTED TO ENCHANT THE LADY DULCINEA, AND OTHER INCIDENTS AS LUDICROUS AS THEY ARE TRUE
CHAPTER XI 	OF THE STRANGE ADVENTURE WHICH THE VALIANT DON QUIXOTE HAD WITH THE CAR OR CART OF “THE CORTES OF DEATH”
CHAPTER XII 	OF THE STRANGE ADVENTURE WHICH BEFELL THE VALIANT DON QUIXOTE WITH THE BOLD KNIGHT OF THE MIRRORS
CHAPTER XIII 	IN WHICH IS CONTINUED THE ADVENTURE OF THE KNIGHT OF THE GROVE, TOGETHER WITH THE SENSIBLE, ORIGINAL, AND TRANQUIL COLLOQUY THAT PASSED BETWEEN THE TWO SQUIRES
CHAPTER XIV 	WHEREIN IS CONTINUED THE ADVENTURE OF THE KNIGHT OF THE GROVE
CHAPTER XV 	WHEREIN IT IS TOLD AND KNOWN WHO THE KNIGHT OF THE MIRRORS AND HIS SQUIRE WERE
CHAPTER XVI 	OF WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE WITH A DISCREET GENTLEMAN OF LA MANCHA
CHAPTER XVII 	WHEREIN IS SHOWN THE FURTHEST AND HIGHEST POINT WHICH THE UNEXAMPLEDCOURAGE OF DON QUIXOTE REACHED OR COULD REACH; TOGETHER WITH THE HAPPILY ACHIEVED ADVENTURE OF THE LIONS
CHAPTER XVIII 	OF WHAT HAPPENED DON QUIXOTE IN THE CASTLE OR HOUSE OF THE KNIGHT OF THE GREEN GABAN, TOGETHER WITH OTHER MATTERS OUT OF THE COMMON
CHAPTER XIX 	IN WHICH IS RELATED THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENAMOURED SHEPHERD, TOGETHER WITH OTHER TRULY DROLL INCIDENTS
CHAPTER XX 	WHEREIN AN ACCOUNT IS GIVEN OF THE WEDDING OF CAMACHO THE RICH, TOGETHER WITH THE INCIDENT OF BASILIO THE POOR
CHAPTER XXI 	IN WHICH CAMACHO’S WEDDING IS CONTINUED, WITH OTHER DELIGHTFUL INCIDENTS
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 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 DEEMED APOCRYPHAL
CHAPTER XXIV 	WHEREIN ARE RELATED A THOUSAND TRIFLING MATTERS, AS TRIVIAL AS THEY ARE NECESSARY TO THE RIGHT UNDERSTANDING OF THIS GREAT HISTORY
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER XXVI 	WHEREIN IS CONTINUED THE DROLL ADVENTURE OF THE PUPPET-SHOWMAN, TOGETHER WITH OTHER THINGS IN TRUTH RIGHT GOOD
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER XXVIII 	OF MATTERS THAT BENENGELI SAYS HE WHO READS THEM WILL KNOW, IF HE READS THEM WITH ATTENTION
CHAPTER XXIX 	OF THE FAMOUS ADVENTURE OF THE ENCHANTED BARK
CHAPTER XXX 	OF DON QUIXOTE’S ADVENTURE WITH A FAIR HUNTRESS
CHAPTER XXXI 	WHICH TREATS OF MANY AND GREAT MATTERS
CHAPTER XXXII 	OF THE REPLY DON QUIXOTE GAVE HIS CENSURER, WITH OTHER INCIDENTS, GRAVE AND DROLL
CHAPTER XXXIII 	OF THE DELECTABLE DISCOURSE WHICH THE DUCHESS AND HER DAMSELS HELD WITH SANCHO PANZA, WELL WORTH READING AND NOTING
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER XXXV 	WHEREIN IS CONTINUED THE INSTRUCTION GIVEN TO DON QUIXOTE TOUCHING THE DISENCHANTMENT OF DULCINEA, TOGETHER WITH OTHER MARVELLOUS INCIDENTS
CHAPTER XXXVI 	WHEREIN IS RELATED THE STRANGE AND UNDREAMT-OF ADVENTURE OF THE DISTRESSED DUENNA, ALIAS THE COUNTESS TRIFALDI, TOGETHER WITH A LETTER WHICH SANCHO PANZA WROTE TO HIS WIFE, TERESA PANZA
CHAPTER XXXVII 	WHEREIN IS CONTINUED THE NOTABLE ADVENTURE OF THE DISTRESSED DUENNA
CHAPTER XXXVIII 	WHEREIN IS TOLD THE DISTRESSED DUENNA’S TALE OF HER MISFORTUNES
CHAPTER XXXIX 	IN WHICH THE TRIFALDI CONTINUES HER MARVELLOUS AND MEMORABLE STORY
CHAPTER XL 	OF MATTERS RELATING AND BELONGING TO THIS ADVENTURE AND TO THIS MEMORABLE HISTORY
CHAPTER XLI 	OF THE ARRIVAL OF CLAVILENO AND THE END OF THIS PROTRACTED ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XLII 	OF THE COUNSELS WHICH DON QUIXOTE GAVE SANCHO PANZA BEFORE HE SET OUT TO GOVERN THE ISLAND, TOGETHER WITH OTHER WELL-CONSIDERED MATTERS
CHAPTER XLIII 	OF THE SECOND SET OF COUNSELS DON QUIXOTE GAVE SANCHO PANZA
CHAPTER XLIV 	HOW SANCHO PANZA WAS CONDUCTED TO HIS GOVERNMENT, AND OF THE STRANGE ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE IN THE CASTLE
CHAPTER XLV 	OF HOW THE GREAT SANCHO PANZA TOOK POSSESSION OF HIS ISLAND, AND OF HOW HE MADE A BEGINNING IN GOVERNING
CHAPTER XLVI 	OF THE TERRIBLE BELL AND CAT FRIGHT THAT DON QUIXOTE GOT IN THE COURSE OF THE ENAMOURED ALTISIDORA’S WOOING
CHAPTER XLVII 	WHEREIN IS CONTINUED THE ACCOUNT OF HOW SANCHO PANZA CONDUCTED HIMSELF IN HIS GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER XLVIII 	OF WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE WITH DONA RODRIGUEZ, THE DUCHESS’S DUENNA, TOGETHER WITH OTHER OCCURRENCES WORTHY OF RECORD AND ETERNAL REMEMBRANCE
CHAPTER XLIX 	OF WHAT HAPPENED SANCHO IN MAKING THE ROUND OF HIS ISLAND
CHAPTER L 	WHEREIN IS SET FORTH WHO THE ENCHANTERS AND EXECUTIONERS WERE WHO FLOGGED THE DUENNA AND PINCHED DON QUIXOTE, AND ALSO WHAT BEFELL THE PAGE WHO CARRIED THE LETTER TO TERESA PANZA, SANCHO PANZA’S WIFE
CHAPTER LI 	OF THE PROGRESS OF SANCHO’S GOVERNMENT, AND OTHER SUCH ENTERTAINING MATTERS
CHAPTER LII 	WHEREIN IS RELATED THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND DISTRESSED OR AFFLICTED DUENNA, OTHERWISE CALLED DONA RODRIGUEZ
CHAPTER LIII 	OF THE TROUBLOUS END AND TERMINATION SANCHO PANZA’S GOVERNMENT CAME TO
CHAPTER LIV 	WHICH DEALS WITH MATTERS RELATING TO THIS HISTORY AND NO OTHER
CHAPTER LV 	OF WHAT BEFELL SANCHO ON THE ROAD, AND OTHER THINGS THAT CANNOT BE SURPASSED
CHAPTER LVI 	OF THE PRODIGIOUS AND UNPARALLELED BATTLE THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA AND THE LACQUEY TOSILOS IN DEFENCE OF THE DAUGHTER OF DONA RODRIGUEZ
CHAPTER LVII 	WHICH TREATS OF HOW DON QUIXOTE TOOK LEAVE OF THE DUKE, AND OF WHAT FOLLOWED WITH THE WITTY AND IMPUDENT ALTISIDORA, ONE OF THE DUCHESS’S DAMSELS
CHAPTER LVIII 	WHICH TELLS HOW ADVENTURES CAME CROWDING ON DON QUIXOTE IN SUCH NUMBERS THAT THEY GAVE ONE ANOTHER NO BREATHING-TIME
CHAPTER LIX 	WHEREIN IS RELATED THE STRANGE THING, WHICH MAY BE REGARDED AS AN ADVENTURE, THAT HAPPENED DON QUIXOTE
CHAPTER LX 	OF WHAT HAPPENED DON QUIXOTE ON HIS WAY TO BARCELONA
CHAPTER LXI 	OF WHAT HAPPENED DON QUIXOTE ON ENTERING BARCELONA, TOGETHER WITH OTHER MATTERS THAT PARTAKE OF THE TRUE RATHER THAN OF THE INGENIOUS
CHAPTER LXII 	WHICH DEALS WITH THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENCHANTED HEAD, TOGETHER WITH OTHER TRIVIAL MATTERS WHICH CANNOT BE LEFT UNTOLD
CHAPTER LXIII 	OF THE MISHAP THAT BEFELL SANCHO PANZA THROUGH THE VISIT TO THE GALLEYS, AND THE STRANGE ADVENTURE OF THE FAIR MORISCO
CHAPTER LXIV 	TREATING OF THE ADVENTURE WHICH GAVE DON QUIXOTE MORE UNHAPPINESS THAN ALL THAT HAD HITHERTO BEFALLEN HIM
CHAPTER LXV 	WHEREIN IS MADE KNOWN WHO THE KNIGHT OF THE WHITE MOON WAS; LIKEWISE DON GREGORIO’S RELEASE, AND OTHER EVENTS
CHAPTER LXVI 	WHICH TREATS OF WHAT HE WHO READS WILL SEE, OR WHAT HE WHO HAS IT READ TO HIM WILL HEAR
CHAPTER LXVII 	OF THE RESOLUTION 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
CHAPTER LXVIII 	OF THE BRISTLY ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE
CHAPTER LXIX 	OF THE STRANGEST AND MOST EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE IN THE WHOLE COURSE OF THIS GREAT HISTORY
CHAPTER LXX 	WHICH FOLLOWS SIXTY-NINE AND DEALS WITH MATTERS INDISPENSABLE FOR THE CLEAR COMPREHENSION OF THIS HISTORY
CHAPTER LXXI 	OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND HIS SQUIRE SANCHO ON THE WAY TO THEIR VILLAGE
CHAPTER LXXII 	OF HOW DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO REACHED THEIR VILLAGE
CHAPTER LXXIII 	OF THE OMENS DON QUIXOTE HAD AS HE ENTERED HIS OWN VILLAGE, AND OTHER INCIDENTS THAT EMBELLISH AND GIVE A COLOUR TO THIS GREAT HISTORY
CHAPTER LXXIV 	OF HOW DON QUIXOTE FELL SICK, AND OF THE WILL HE MADE, AND HOW HE DIED

THE EXEMPLARY NOVELS OF CERVANTES.
Translated From The Spanish By Walter K. Kelly
1881

CONTENTS
PREFACE.
DEDICATION
AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
THE LADY CORNELIA.
RINCONETE AND CORTADILLO:
THE LICENTIATE VIDRIERA; OR, DOCTOR GLASS-CASE.
THE DECEITFUL MARRIAGE
DIALOGUE BETWEEN SCIPIO AND BERGANZE,
THE LITTLE GIPSY GIRL.
THE GENEROUS LOVER.
THE SPANISH-ENGLISH LADY.
THE FORCE OF BLOOD.
THE JEALOUS ESTRAMADURAN.
THE ILLUSTRIOUS SCULLERY-MAID.
THE TWO DAMSELS.

WIT AND WISDOM OF DON QUIXOTE
By Roberts Brothers
1882
INDEX.
Abadexo, 9.
Adam, the first head scratched, 168.
Adventure of the dead body, 51.
Adventures of Esplandian, 17.
Alamos of Medina del Campo, 199.
Aldermen, the braying, 169.
Altisidora, songs of, 219, 265.
Amadis de Gaul, 4, 17.
Amadis de Greece, 19.
Arms, the honorable profession of, 173.
Araucana, 24.
Austriada, 24.

Bacallao, 9.
Barabbas, wife for, 115.
Barataria, the island of, 220, 223, 250.
Barber's basin, taken for Mambrino's helmet, 58.
Basilius the Poor, adventure of, 147.
Belfreys and palfreys much the same, 125.
Boar hunt, the, 182.
Bray, town of, 172.

Cane, the hollow, 227.
Carrasco, views upon critics, 109;

    made executor, 286.


Chrysostom, story of, 37;

    interment of, 41;
    song of, 45;
    epitaph upon, 49.


viii Clavileno, flight of, 203.
Comedy, adherence to the unities necessary, 89.
Countryman, the tale of, 239.
Critic, not cricket, 163.
Cuenza, cloth of, 180.
Cupid's address at wedding of Quiteria, 153.
Curadillo, 9.
Cure of jealousy, 23.

Dapple, 181, 182, 184, 197.
Darinel, 18.
Dead body, adventure of, 51.
Death, Sancho's views on, 165.
Description of a lady, 33.
Diana, the, of Montemayor, 20, 23.
Disenchantment of Dulcinea, 187, 196.
Don Bellionis, 20.
Don Diego de Miranda, 20.
Don Galaor, serving no especial mistress, 36.
Don Olivante de Laura, 18.
Don Kyrie Eleison of Montalvan, 20.
Don Quixote, income of, 1;

    family of, 1;
    age of, 1;
    fancies of, 2;
    his armor, 2;
    his steed, 3;
    begins his adventures, 5;
    arrival at inn, 6;
    seeks knighthood, 10;
    watches his armor, 13;
    is knighted, 14;
    his self-confidence, 14;
    his library destroyed, 16, 25;
    his squire, 25;
    extolls the Golden Age, 29;
    his requisites for a knight-errant, 35;
    at the interment of Chrysostom, 41;
    his adventure with a dead body, 51;
    captures Mambrino's helmet, 56;
    performs penance, 63;
    his views of knight-errantry, 76, 82;
    receives a visit from the lady Dulcinea, 126;
    adventure with the lions, 133;
    attends the wedding of Quiteria the Fair, 147;
    a "sensible madman," 197;
    counsels Sancho, 203, 210, 225;
    his views upon poetry, 131;
    of love, 161;
    ix of marriage, 162;
    upon long finger-nails, 211;
    of proverbs, 212;
    converses with an author, 273;
    returns home, 282;
    his will, 284, 285;
    his death, 287;
    epitaph upon, 288.


Duke and Duchess, the, 181.
Dulcinea, described by Don Quixote, 37;

    letters to, 65;
    lines to, 66;
    disenchantment of, 187, 196;
    lines to, 66;
    sonnet to, 96.



Earldom, Sancho's views of the management of one, 91.
El Cancionero, 23.
Enchanter's errand, the, 188.
Epitaphs on Don Quixote, 96, 98, 288.
Epitaphs on Dulcinea, 99.
Ermine, a modest women compared to one, 73.

Fabila, the fate of, 184.
Fish Nicholas, 143.
Florismarle of Hyrcania, 18.
Fort, Sonnet on the, 84.
Frasso, Antonio de lo, 23.
Friendship, sonnet to, 69.

Galatea of Cervantes, 24.
Genealogies reduced to four kinds, 119.
Gil Polo, 23.
Golden Age, panegyric upon the, 29.
Goleta, sonnet upon the, 83.
Governor's round of inspection, 245.
Gratitude a duty, 61.

Heaven, death by the hand of, demands patience, 55.
Herdsmen, the purse of the, 199.
Herradura, the, 199.
x Industry tranquillizing, 281.
Instructions for government of Island, 203-210.
Island of Sancho Panza, promise of, 25, 26;

    possession taken of, 220, 223.


Julius Cæsar, anecdote of, 174.

Knighted, Don Quixote, 14.
Knight-errant, the, without a mistress, 4, 36, 177;

    food of, 28;
    impiety of, 35;
    defence of, 35;
    hunger of, 71;
    compared to the courtier-knight, 118;
    extolled, 141;
    compared to the saints, 122, 123;
    his need of money never recorded, 12.


Knight-errantry, the surpassing excellence of, 76;

    compared to the life of a scholar or soldier, 78, 79;
    science of, 142.


Knighthood, ceremonies of, 14, 15.
Knight of the Cross, 19.
Knight Platir, 19.
Knight, the, reproved, 198;

    if poor, his rank is manifested by his virtues, 128.



Lace-bone, 263.
Lace worn in Purgatory, 281.
La Mancha, 1, 95, 288.
Lanzarote, romance of, 8.
Learning of Sancho Panza, 28, 205.
Letters, from Don Quixote, 255;

    from the Duchess, 251;
    from the Duke, 237;
    from Sancho, 196, 258;
    from Teresa, 261.


Library of Don Quixote destroyed, 16.
Licentiate, story of, 100.
Lions, adventure with, 133.
Lucifer, the first tumbler, 168.
xi Mambrino's helmet, 56.
Manuscript discovered in Saragossa, 95.
Marcela, cruelty of, 33, 37, 39.
Marriage of Camacho the Rich, 147.
Mateo Boyardo, 19.
Merlin, 188-190.
Miraguardia, castle of, 20.
Mirror of chivalry, 19.
Molinera buckles the spurs, 15.
Monteil, plains of, 26.
Monsurato, 24.
Montesinos, care of, 181.

Nymphs of Enares, 23.
Olalia, poem to, 31.
Oran, general of, 133.

Palinurus, 84.
Panza, Sancho, vide Sancho Panza.
Panza, Teresa, vide Teresa Panza.
Parley about the penance, 189.
Pastor Fido, 274.
Penance, a pleasing, 65.
Penance of Don Quixote, 63.
Poem addressed to Dulcinea, 66.
Poem addressed to Olalia, 31.
Poetry, views of Don Quixote upon, 131
Praise of poverty, 217.
Proverbs. See Index To Proverbs.
Proverbs, Don Quixote's dislike of, 186, 212, 215, 215.
Proverbs of Sancho Panza, 212.
Pyramus and Thisbe, story of, 145.
xii Queen Pintiquinestra, 18.
Quexana, Antonia, heiress of Don Quixote, 286.
Quixote, Don, vide Don Quixote.
Quiteria, the Fair, 147.

Retention, definition of, 63.
Rosinante, named, 3;

    encomiums upon, 6;
    sonnet to, 97, 124.



Saints and knights-errant compared, 123.
Sancha Mary, a match for her considered, 113-115.
Sanchica, 263.
Sancho Panza, becomes a squire, 25;

    counselled to ambition, 27;
    defines retention, 63;
    love to God, 71;
    his views upon administration, 91;
    is received by his wife, 93;
    plain speaking of, 105;
    conditions of his service, 110;
    self-confidence of, 111;
    rejoicing at rejoining Don Quixote, 112;
    homecomings of, 117;
    at the wedding of Quiteria, 147;
    views upon death, 165;
        upon penance, 189, 196;
        upon sleep, 277;

    his conundrum, 168;
    description of, 168;
    plight of, 181;
    at the boar hunt, 183;
    submits to penance, 195;
    government of, 197;
    official dress of, 205;
    learning of, 28, 205;
    proverbs of, 212;
    receives advice, 213;
    assumes the governorship, 220;
    encounter with the doctor, 233;
    advises the countryman, 239;
    makes a round of inspection, 245;
    returns home, 282.


Saragossa, 95.
Scholars, sufferings of, 78, 79.
Serenade, a, 218.
Seville, story of lunatic of, 100.
Shepherd of Iberia, 23.
Shepherd of Filida, 23.
Sleep, Sancho's views upon, 277.
Soldier, sufferings of the, 79, 80.
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Tailor, the secret of a, 224.
Tasters, story of, 129.
Tears of St. Peter, 72.
Tembleque, 200.
Teresa Panza, receives Sancho, 93;

    counsels him, 114;
    her good sense, 116;
    receives the page, 249;
    writes Sancho, 261.


Tirante the White, 20.
Tolosa, girds on sword of Don Quixote, 14.
Truchuela, 9.
Truth, the mother of history, 29.

Wife, but one good, 160.

Zamora, a bagpipe, 152.

xiv
INDEX TO PROVERBS.
CERVANTES.

    Actions, when prejudicial, not to be recorded, 106.
    Advice, a woman's, to be taken, 120.
    Affront, an, to be maintained, 177.
    Animals, lessons to be learned from, 127.
    Analysis of fables, 87.
    Army, the, a school for generosity, 82.
    Associates, character indicated by self-chosen ones, 124.

    Beauty, all does not inspire to love, 49.
    Beauty in a modest woman, 49.
    Beautiful objects infinite, 49.
    Benefits conferred on the base, 61.
    Bird, a, in the hand, 71, 120, 127, 282.
    Birds, none in last year's nests, 218.
    Biters, the, are bit, 245.
    Book, good in every, 109.
    Books, no, no bacon, 124.
    Brevity pleasing, 60.
    Building on impossibilities, 74.
    By-and-by, the streets of, 162.

    Cats, by night all are gray, 180.
    Church, the, the court, the sea, 83.
    Clergyman, a, what he should be to be beloved, 33.
    Companions, a man known by his, 124.
    xv Comparisons offensive, 104.
    Course, the middle, the one of valor, 104.
    Customs not all invented at once, 6.

    Death, a remedy for everything but, 210.
    Delay breeds danger, 86, 281.
    Devil, the, assumes an angel form, 74.
    Diligence, the mother of success, 86.
    Disquietude designed for knights, 34.
    Drinker, a good, covered by a bad cloak, 186.

    Enemy, an, the merits of his cause, 209.
    Epics, prose, 88.
    Ermine, an, a modest woman compared to, 73.
    Fables, analysis of, 87.
    Fast bind, fast find, 120.
    Fear, the effect of, 49.
    Fiction, better as it resembles truth, 87.
    Finger, a, between two eye-teeth, 215.
    Flattery, the sway of, 145.
    Forewarned, forearmed, 132.
    Fortune, good, seldom comes single, 83.
    Fortune like a mill-wheel, 87.
    Friend, a, consolation, 62.
    Frying-pan, out of, 50.

    God's mercy more glorious than His justice, 210.
    Good in every book, 109.
    Gold, all that glitters is not, 244.
    Governing pleasant, 203.
    Gratitude, a compensation, 271; a duty, 61.
    Grievance, no, can keep the sufferer from kindness, 70.
    xvi Handle, the right one of things, 56.
    Happiness as reckoned by sages, 130.
    History, a sacred subject, 108.
    History, faithful, will survive, 280.
    Holy days to be kept peacefully, 122.
    Hope and love coincident, 74.
    Host, to reckon without the, 104.
    Hypocrite, a, less dangerous than the open transgressor, 173.

    Jest, a painful, no jest, 272.
    Jesting, a time for, 123.
    Judge, a, should lean toward compassion, 209.

    King, serving the, in war, 173.
    Knights, all, not courteous, 118.

    Lance, the, never blunted the pen, 49.
    Learned men among mountains. 93.
    Leap, a, better than a prayer, 60.
    Liberality, the blessings of, 288.
    Liberty, the blessings of, 2.
    Light, the, shines upon all, 245.
    Lineages, two kinds of, 60.
    Liver, the good, the best preacher, 166.
    Love, a leveller, 29.
    Love, the eyes of, 70.
    Love, unconstrained, 49.
    Love, uncompromising, 56.
    Love, conquered by flight, 74.
    Love, vanities of, 76.
    Love, wears spectacles, 163.

    Lovers, external actions of, 124.
    xvii Madness, the followers of, 129.
    Maiden, a, her reserve her defence, 104.
    Many littles make a mickle, 121.
    Man, a dishonored, 71.
    Manners, good, cheap, 202.
    Master, a, judged by his servants, 176.
    Mayor, he whose father is a, 214.
    Might overcomes, 86.
    Mischance, one, invites another, 70.
    Misfortunes never single, 70.
    Money willingly lent to officials, 118.
    Music, the effect of, 70.

    Nail, a, in Fortune's wheel, 162.
    Nature is like a potter, 176.
    Nobility, true, 76.

    Pains, those of others are easy to bear, 176.
    Patience, and shuffle the cards, 168.
    Paymaster, a good, needs no security, 176.
    Peace, no, in scruples of conscience, 104.
    Philosophers in cottages, 93.
    Purpose, the honest, favored, 76.

    Railing is neighbor to forgiveness, 281.
    Remedy, a, for everything but death, 210.
    Retreat sometimes wise, 61.
    Riches, two roads to, 120.
    Riches, of little avail against trouble, 62.
    Rome, when in, 264.
    Rules for obtaining excellence, 62.

    Seeing is believing, 128.
    Severity is not disdain, 50.
    xviii Sleep, a cure for trouble, 280.
    Soldier, a covetous, a monster, 82.
    Soldier, equal to a captain, 34.
    Song, the relief of, 61.
    Sorrow, concealed, 73.
    Sorrow, a blessing, 128.

    Thing, a, begun is half finished, 202.
    Thing, a, the right handle of, 56.
    To-day here, to-morrow gone, 121.
    Tongues as weapons, 177.
    Tricks of a town, 86.
    Truffles, to look for, in the sea, 105.
    Truth, the mother of history, 29.
    Truth may bend, 124.

    Virtue more persecuted than beloved, 86.

    Walls have ears, 244.
    Wealth, its gratification is a right application, 119.
    Wise, a word to the, 202.
    Wit and humor, attributes of genius, 108.
    Woman, varieties of, 70.
    Woman, the burden to which she is born, 118.
    Woman, her advice, to be taken, 120.

    Yes or no of a woman, between the, 162.

xix-xx

NUMANTIA
A TRAGEDY
By Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
Translated From The Spanish By James Y. Gibson

CONTENTS
Introduction 	page vii
Persons Represented 	xix

Act I 	1
Scene I 	1
Scene II 	17

Act II 	25
Scene I 	25
Scene II 	31

Act III 	55
Scene I 	55
Scene II 	78

Act IV 	83
Scene I 	83
Scene II 	94
Scene III 	98
Scene IV 	104
Notes 	117