Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha, Vol. 2
The poor Girl remained fo amazed and confounded, as {he anfwered not a Word wherefore the Curate and the red drawing near, he took her by the Hand, and then he profecuted his Speech, laying, What your Habit vconcealed from us, Lady, your Hairs have bewrayed, -being manifefi Arguments, that the Caufes were of no Jmall Moment which have thus bemasked your fingu lar Beauty under (0 unworthy Array, and condudedyou to this ill-abandoned Defart; wherein it was a wonder ful Chance to have met you, if not to remedy your. Harms, yet at leaft to give you fome Comfort, feeing sno Evil'can affli�t and vex one (0 much, and plunge him in f.) deep Extreams (whillt it deprives not the Life) that will wholly abhor from liftening to the Ad vice that is offered, with a good and.fincere Intention; Io that, Fair Lady, or Lord, or what elfe you {hall pleafe to be termed, lhakeofl' your Affrightment, and rehearfe unto us your good or ill Fortune for you {hall find in us jointly, or in every one apart, Companions to help' you to deplore your Difaflers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.