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A31538	The history of the valorous and vvitty-knight-errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha tr. out of the Spanish.; Don Quixote. English	Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.; Shelton, Thomas, fl. 1612.	1652 (1652)	Wing C1776; ESTC R3484	814,560	576

and glorious to mine eyes O memory the mortall enemie of mine case to what end serves it now to represent unto me the uncomparable beauty of that my adored enemie Were it not better cruell memory to remember and represent that which shee did then that being moved by so manifest a wrong I may at least indevour to lose my life since I cannot procure a revenge Tire not good Sirs to hear the digressions I make for my grief is not of that kinde that may bee rehearsed succinctly and speedily seeing that in mine opinion every passage of it is worthy of a large discourse To this the Curate answered that not only they were not tyred or wearied hearing of him but rather they received marvellous delight to hear him recount each minuity and circumstance because they were such as deserved not to bee past over in silence but rather merited as much attention as the principall parts of the History You shall then wit quoth Cardenio that as they thus stood in the Hall the Curate of the Parish entred and taking them both by the hand to doe that which in such an act is required at the saying of Will you Lady Luscinda take the Lord Don Ferdinando who is here present for your lawfull Spouse according as our holy mother the Church commands I thrust out all my head and neck out of the Tapestry and with most attentive ears and a troubled minde setled my self to hear what Luscinda answered expecting by it the sentence of my death or the confirmation of my life O! if one had dared to sally out at that time and cried with a loud voyce O Luscinda Luscinda see well what thou doest consider withall what thou owest me Behold how thou art mine and that thou canst not bee any others note that thy saying of yea and the end of my life shall bee both in one instant O Traytor Don Ferdinando Robber of my Glory Death of my Life what is this thou pretendest what wilt thou doe Consider that thou canst not Christian-like atchieve thine intention seeing Luscinda is my Spouse and I am her husband O foolish man now that I am absent and farre from the danger I say what I should have done and not what I did Now after that I have permitted my deer J●well to bee robbed I exclaim on the Theese on whom I might have revenged my self had I had as much heart to doe it as I have to complain In fine since I was then a coward and a fool it is no matter though I now dye ashamed sorry and frantic● The Curate stood expecting Luscindaes answer a good while 〈◊〉 shee gave it and in the end when I hoped that shee would take out the Ponyard to stab her self or would unloose her tongue to say some truth or use some reason or perswasion that might redound to my benefit I heard her in stead thereof answer with a dismaied and languishing voyce the word I will And then Don Fernando said the same and giving her the Ring they remained tyed with an indissoluble knot Then the Bridegroom comming to kisse his Spouse shee set her hand upon her heart and fell in a trance between her Mothers armes Now only remains untold the case wherein I was seeing in that ye● which I had heard my hopes deluded Luscindaes words and promises Falsisied and my self wholly disabled to recover in any time the good which I lost in that instant I rested void of counsell abandoned in mine opinion by heaven proclaimed an enemie to the earth which up-held me the aire denying breath enough for my sighs and the water humour sufficient to mine eyes only the fire increased in such manner as I burned throughly with rage and jealousie All the house was in a tumult for this suddain amazement of Luscinda and as her Mother unclasped her bosome to give her the aire there appeared in it a paper folded up which Don Fernando presently seized on and went aside to read it by the light of a torch and after hee had read it her sate down in a chair laying his hands on his cheek with manifest signes of Melancholy discontent without bethinking himself of the remedies that were applyed to his Spouse to bring her again to her self I seeing all the folk of the house thus in an uproar did adventure my self to issue not weighing much whether I were seen or no bearing withall a resolution if I were perceived to play such a rash part as all the World should understand the just indignation of my brest by the revenge I would take on false Don Fernando and the mutable and dismayed Traytresse But my destiny which hath reserved me for greater evills if possibly there bee any greater then mine owne ordained that instant my wit should abound whereof ever since I have so great want and therefore without will to take revenge of my greatest enemies of whom I might have taken it with all facilitie by reason they suspected so little my being there I determined to take it on my self and execute in my self the pain which they deserved and that perhaps with more rigour then I would have used toward them if I had slain them at that time seeing that the suddain death finisheth presently the pain but that which doth lingringly torment kills alwaies without ending the life To bee short I went out of the house and came to the other where I had left my Mule which I caused to bee sadled and without biding mine Host adieu I mounted on her and rode out of the City without daring like another Lot to turne back and behold it and then seeing my selfe alone in the Fields and that the darknesse of the night did cover mee and the silence thereof invite mee to complaine without respect or feare to bee heard or known I did let slip my voice and untyed my tongue with so many curses of Luscinda and Don Ferdinando as if thereby I might satisfie the wrong they had done mee I gave her the title of Cruell Ingratefull False and Scornefull but specially of Covetous seeing the riches of mine Enemy had shut up the Eyes of her affection to deprive mee thereof and render it to him with whom fortune had dealt more frankly and liberally and in the midst of this tune of maledictions and scornes I did excuse her saying That it was no marvell that a Mayden kept close in her parents house made and accustomed alwaies to obey them should at last condiscend to their Will specially seeing they bestowed upon her for husband so noble so rich and proper a Gentleman as to refuse him would bee reputed in her to proceede eyther from want of judgement or from having bestowed her affections else-where which things must of force greatly prejudice her good opinion and renowne Presently would I turne againe to say that though shee had told them that I was her spouse they might easily perceive that in choosing mee shee had not made so ill an election

by the Region of fire and I would have uncovered my self a little but my Master of whom I asked leave would not let mee but I that have certaine curious itches and a desire to know what is forbidden mee softly without being perceived drew up the Hankerchiffe that blinded mee a little above my nose and there I saw the earth and mee thoughts it was no bigger then a graine of Mustard-seed and the men that walked upon it somewhat bigger then Hazel-nuts that you may see how high wee were then To this said the Duchesse Take heede friend Sancho what you say for it seemes you saw not the earth but the men that walked on it for it is plaine that if the earth shewed no bigger then a graine of Mustard-seede and every man like a Hazel-nut one man alone would cover the whole earth 'T is true indeede quoth Sancho but I looked on one side of it and saw it all Looke you Sancho quoth the Duchesse one cannot see all of a thing by one side I cannot tell what belongs to your seeing Madam quoth Sancho but you must thinke that since wee flew by Enchantment by Enchantment I might see the whole earth and all the men which way soever I looked and if you beleeve not this neither will you beleeve that uncovering my selfe about my eye-browes I saw my self so neer heaven that betwixt it and mee there was not a handfull and a halfe and I dare swear Madam that 't is a huge thing and it happend that wee went that way where the seven Shee-goat-starrs were and in my soul and conscience I having been a Goat-heard in my youth as soon as I saw them I had a great desire to passe some time with them which had I not done I thought I should have burst Well I come then and I take What doe I doe without giving notice to any body no not to my Master himself fair and softly I lighted from Clavileno and played with the Goats that were like white Violets and such pretty flowers some three quarters of an houre and Clavileno moved not a whit all this while And while Sancho was playing with the Goats all this while quoth the Duke What did Signior Don-Quixote To which quoth Don-Quixote as all these things are quite out of their naturall course 't is not much that Sancho hath said only for me I say I neither perceived my self higher or lower neither saw I Heaven or Earth or Seas or Sands True it is that I perceived I passed thorow the middle Region and came to the fire But to think wee passed from thence I cannot beleeve it for the Region of Fire being between the Moon and Heaven and the latter Region of the Aire wee could not come to Heaven where the seven Goats are that Sancho talks of without burning our selves which since wee did not either Sancho lies or dreams I neither lie nor dream quoth Sancho for ask me the signes of those Goats and by them you shall see whether I tell true or no. Tell them Sancho quoth the Duchesse Two of them quoth Sancho are green two blood-red two blew and one mixt-coloured Here 's a new kinde of Goats quoth the Duke in our Region of the earth wee have no such coloured ones Oh you may bee sure quoth Sancho there 's difference between those and these Tell me Sancho quoth the Duke did you see amongst those Shee s any Hee-Goat An equivocall question for in Spain they use to call Cuckolds Cabrones hee-Goats No Sir quoth Sancho for I heard say that none passed the hornes of the Moon They would ask him no more touching his voyage for it seemed to them that Sancho had a clew to carry him all Heaven over and to tell all that passed there without stirring out of the Garden In conclusion this was the end of the Adventure of the Afflicted Matron that gave occasion of mirth to the Dukes not only for the present but for their whole life time and to Sancho to recount for many ages if hee might live so long But Don-Quixote whispering Sancho in the eare told him Sancho since you will have us beleeve all that you have seen in Heaven I pray beleeve all that I saw in Montesinos Cave and I say no more CHAP. XLII Of the advice that Don-Quixote gave Sancho Pança before hee should goe to govern the Island with other matter well digested THe Dukes were so pleased with the happy and pleasant successe of the Adventure of The Afflicted that they determined to goe on with their jests seeing the fit subject they had to make them passe for earnest so having contrived and given order to their servants and vassals that they should obey Sancho in his Government of the promised Island the next day after the jest of Clavileno's flight the Duke bade Sancho prepare and put himself in order to goe to bee Governour for that now his Islanders did as much desire him as showres in May. Sancho made an obeysance to him and said Since I came down from Heaven and since from on high I beheld the earth and saw it so small I was partly cooled in my desire to bee a Governour for what greatnesse can there bee to command in a grain of Mustard-seed or what dignitie or power to govern half a dozen of men about the bignesse of Hazel-nuts for to my thinking there were no more in all the earth If it would please your Lordship to give me never so little in Heaven though 't were but half a league I would take it more willingly then the biggest Island in the world Look you friend Sancho quoth the Duke I can give no part of Heaven to any body though it bee no bigger then my naile for these favors and graces are only in Gods disposing What is in my power I give you that is an Island right and straight round and well proportioned and extraordinary fertill and aboundant where if you have the Art you may with the riches of the earth hoord up the treasure of Heaven Well then quoth Sancho give us this Island and in spight of Rascalls I 'le goe to Heaven and yet for no covetousnesse to leave my poor Cottage or to get me into any Palaces but for the desire I have to know what kinde of thing it is bee a Governour If once you prove it Sancho quoth the Duke you will bee in love with Governing so sweet a thing it is to command and to bee obeyed I warrant when your Master comes to bee an Emperour for without doubt hee will bee one according as his affairs goe on that hee will not bee drawn from it and it will grieve him to the soul to have been so long otherwise Sir quoth Sancho I suppose 't is good to command though it bee but a head of Cattell Let me live and die with thee Sancho quoth the Duke for thou knowest all and I hope thou wilt bee such a Governour as thy discretion promiseth