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WHICH TREATS OF THE FIRST SALLY THE INGENIOUS DON QUIXOTE MADE FROM HOME

These prelier the

execution of his design, urged on to it by the thought of all the world

was losing by his delay, seeing rongs he intended to right,

grievances to redress, injustices to repair, abuses to re notice of his intention to anyone, and

without anybody seeing hi of the day

(which was one of the hottest of the month of July) he donned his suit of

armour, mounted Rocinante with his patched-up helmet on, braced his

buckler, took his lance, and by the back door of the yard sallied forth

upon the plain in the highest content with

what ease he had rand purpose But scarcely

did he find hiht struck

hih to make him abandon the enterprise at the very

outset It occurred to hi to the law of chivalry he neither could nor ought to bear arht; and that even if he had been, still he ought, as a

novice knight, to hite armour, without a device upon the shield

until by his prowess he had earned one These reflections er than any reasoning, he ht by the first one he ca the example of others in the saht him to this pass As for white armour, he

resolved, on the first opportunity, to scour his until it hiter than

an er that

which his horse chose, for in this he believed lay the essence of

adventures

Thus setting out, our new-fledged adventurer paced along, talking to