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In the first pamphlet the battle between Don Quixote and the Biscayan was

drawn to the very life, they planted in the same attitude as the history

describes, their swords raised, and the one protected by his buckler, the

other by his cushion, and the Biscayan's mule so true to nature that it

could be seen to be a hired one a bowshot off The Biscayan had an

inscription under his feet which said, "Don Sancho de Azpeitia," which no

doubt must have been his name; and at the feet of Rocinante was another

that said, "Don Quixote" Rocinante was

and thin, so lank and lean, with so one in

consument and propriety the

name of Rocinante had been bestowed upon hi the halter of his ass, at whose feet was another label that said,

"Sancho Zancas," and according to the picture, heshanks, for which reason, no doubt, the

naiven him, for by these two surna particulars ht i to do

with the true relation of the history; and no history can be bad so long

as it is true