WhenCervantessawwhathadbefallenthem, hechargedhiscompanionstolayalltheblameuponhim, andastheywerebeingboundhedeclaredaloudthatthewholeplotwasofhiscontriving, , ; andascuttingoffearsandnoseswereplayfulfreakswiththeAlgerines, itmaybeconceivedwhattheirtortureswerelike; , andtheprisonerstakenpossessionofbytheDey, who, however, afterwardsrestoredmostofthemtotheirmasters, butkeptCervantes, , nodoubt, thatamanofsuchresource, energy, anddaring, wastoodangerousapieceofpropertytobeleftinprivatehands; , hewassoonundeceived, forCervantescontrivedbeforelongtodespatchalettertotheGovernorofOran, entreatinghimtosendhimsomeonethatcouldbetrusted, toenablehimandthreeothergentlemen, fellow-captivesofhis, tomaketheirescape; , andtheletterbeingfounduponhim, hewassentbacktoAlgiers, wherebytheorderoftheDeyhewaspromptlyimpaledasawarningtoothers, whileCervanteswascondemnedtoreceivetwothousandblowsofthestick, anumberwhichmostlikelywouldhavedeprivedtheworldof "DonQuixote," hadnotsomepersons, whotheywereweknownot, intercededonhisbehalf.
