Stories 17
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SpainMay 1615The road home
Disarmed for a year, trampled by pigs, and planning a shepherd's life, I rode back towards La Mancha until I saw my village.
Road trip5 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
The Knight of the White Moon
A gentleman bandit, my first sight of the sea, a great city, and on its beach the hardest morning of my life.
Road trip7 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
The Duke and the Duchess
A great Duke and Duchess received me as a true knight errant. A wooden horse, a scolding chaplain and much laughter followed.
Road trip6 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
The enchanted boat
An empty boat on the Ebro, plainly sent by an enchanter. The millers, the river and Sancho saw it otherwise.
Road trip3 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
The lions
The king's lions were on the road. I asked to have the cage opened. What followed earned me a new name.
Road trip4 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
The Knight of the Mirrors
A stranger in a wood boasted that he had beaten me. At dawn I gave him the chance to prove it, and the enchanters gave him a face.
Road trip5 min read
- ESSpainMay 1615
A palace in El Toboso
I rode to El Toboso to kiss my lady's hands. I found a church, three donkeys, and the cruellest enchantment of my career.
Road trip7 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
Home in a cage
Phantoms seized me in my sleep and set me in a cage on an ox-cart. Sancho thinks the phantoms were from our village.
Road trip5 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
The galley slaves
Twelve men in chains, sent to the galleys by force. I set them free. They thanked me in the way that such men thank.
Road trip6 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
The fulling mills, and Mambrino's helmet
A night of terrible hammering, an enchanted horse, a story about goats, and at dawn the golden helmet of Mambrino.
Road trip7 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
The armies that were sheep
Two vast armies met on a plain in La Mancha. I named every knight in them. Sancho named them sheep.
Road trip4 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
Sancho Panza's account: the blanket
My squire tells it his way: carriers, a dark attic, a balsam that turned us inside out, and a blanket he will never forgive.
Road trip6 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
The Biscayan
Two enchanters, a captive lady, and a duel with a Biscayan who fought behind a cushion. Half an ear is a fair price.
Road trip4 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
The giants of Criptana
Thirty giants on a ridge, waving long arms. My squire saw windmills. The sage Frestón saw to it that he was proved right.
Road trip7 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
On choosing a squire
A knight needs a squire, and I found mine next door: a sound man with a good donkey and a keen interest in islands.
Road trip5 min read
- ESSpainJul 1614
Andrés, and the merchants of Toledo
On my first morning as a knight I freed a boy from a cruel master and saw him paid in full. Then came the merchants.
Road trip4 min read
- ESSpainJul 1614
A vigil of arms at the castle (some call it an inn)
A castle with silver towers, two gracious ladies, a worldly castellan, and a long night guarding my armour by the well.
Road trip6 min read