1.1.39
Don Quixote 1.1.39 · A present for his lady1.1.39A present for his lady
The daydream goes on. The beaten giant must be sent somewhere, and that means a lady to receive him.
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¿
no1
no
not
será2
se·RÁ
would it bewill it be
bien3
bien
goodwell
tener4
te·NER
to have
a5
a
(someone)to
quien6
quien
whom
enviarle7
en·VIAR·le
to send him
presentado8
pre·sen·TA·do
as a presentpresented
y9
y
and
que10
que
(have) that
entre11
EN·tre
go inenter
y12
y
and
se13
se
(himself)
hinque14
HIN·que
falldrive himself
de15
de
on
rodillas16
ro·DI·llas
his knees
ante17
AN·te
before
mi18
mi
my
dulce19
DUL·ce
sweet
señora20
se·ÑO·ra
lady
, y21
y
and
diga22
DI·ga
say
con23
con
inwith
voz24
voz
a voice
humilde25
hu·MIL·de
humble
y26
y
and
rendido27
ren·DI·do
beatensurrendered
: wouldn't it be good to have someone to send him to as a present, and have him go in and fall on his knees before my sweet lady, and say in a humble voice, and beaten:
wouldn't it be good to have someone to send him to as a present, and have him go in and fall on his knees before my sweet lady, and say in a humble voice, and beaten:
Interpretation
wouldn’t it be good to have someone to send him to as a present, so that he could go in and fall on his knees before my sweet lady and say, in a humble voice, a beaten man:
In the romances a knight who defeats an enemy often spares him on one condition: go to my lady, kneel, and tell her who beat you. The prisoner carries the knight’s fame to her door. Don Quixote has the custom ready before he has the lady.
She is already mi dulce señora, "my sweet lady", with no name yet. A few lines on, the name he finds for her will be built on that same word, dulce.
1.1.40
Don Quixote 1.1.40 · The giant Caraculiambro1.1.40The giant Caraculiambro
Don Quixote writes out the speech the beaten giant will make, kneeling before the lady.
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“I, my lady, am the giant Caraculiambro, lord of the island Malindrania, whom defeated in single combat the never duly praised knight Don Quixote of La Mancha, who ordered me to present myself before your grace, so that your highness may dispose of me at her pleasure”?