Withthesewords, andnotwaitingtohearareply, sheturnedandpassedintothethickestpartofawoodthatwashardby, —thosewoundedbytheirresistibleshaftslaunchedbyherbrighteyes—madeasthoughtheywouldfollowher, heedlessofthefrankdeclarationtheyhadheard; seeingwhich, anddeemingthisafittingoccasionfortheexerciseofhischivalryinaidofdistresseddamsels, DonQuixote, layinghishandonthehiltofhissword, exclaimedinaloudanddistinctvoice:
"Letnoone, whateverhisrankorcondition, daretofollowthebeautifulMarcela, , andalsohowfarsheisfromyieldingtothewishesofanyofherlovers, forwhichreason, insteadofbeingfollowedandpersecuted, sheshouldinjusticebehonouredandesteemedbyallthegoodpeopleoftheworld, forsheshowsthatsheistheonlywomaninitthatholdstosuchavirtuousresolution."
WhetheritwasbecauseofthethreatsofDonQuixote, orbecauseAmbrosiotoldthemtofulfiltheirdutytotheirgoodfriend, noneoftheshepherdsmovedorstirredfromthespotuntil, havingfinishedthegraveandburnedChrysostom'spapers, theylaidhisbodyinit, , withanepitaphwhichwastobetothiseffect:
Beneaththestonebeforeyoureyes
Thebodyofaloverlies;
Inlifehewasashepherdswain,
Indeathavictimtodisdain.
Ungrateful, cruel, coy, andfair,
Wasshethatdrovehimtodespair,
AndLovehathmadeherhisally
Forspreadingwidehistyranny.
Theythenstreweduponthegraveaprofusionofflowersandbranches, andallexpressingtheircondolencewithhisfriendambrosio, tooktheirVivaldoandhiscompaniondidthesame; andDonQuixotebadefarewelltohishostsandtothetravellers, whopressedhimtocomewiththemtoSeville, asbeingsuchaconvenientplaceforfindingadventures, , andsaidthatforthepresenthewouldnot, andmustnotgotoSevilleuntilhehadclearedallthesemountainsofhighwaymenandrobbers, , thetravellerswereunwillingtopresshimfurther, andoncemorebiddinghimfarewell, theylefthimandpursuedtheirjourney, , onhispart, resolvedtogoinquestoftheshepherdessMarcela, andmakeoffertoherofalltheservicehecouldrenderher; butthingsdidnotfalloutwithhimasheexpected, accordingtowhatisrelatedinthecourseofthisveracioushistory, ofwhichtheSecondPartendshere.
