. The adventures of Don Quixote abridged from the original edition by Thackeray. armer the cloth,and the caps themselves shall be given to the cc » DON QUIXOTE. 121 poor prisoners, and so let there be an end tothe business. After these disputants two old men ap-peared before the judgment seat, one ofwhom said that he had lent the other tengold crowns, and could not get repayment. But, he wound up, as I have nowitness of the loan, nor has he of the pay-ment which for his part he declares he hasmade, I beseech your lordship to put himto his oath ; and if he will swear he haspaid me, I will
. The adventures of Don Quixote abridged from the original edition by Thackeray. armer the cloth,and the caps themselves shall be given to the cc » DON QUIXOTE. 121 poor prisoners, and so let there be an end tothe business. After these disputants two old men ap-peared before the judgment seat, one ofwhom said that he had lent the other tengold crowns, and could not get repayment. But, he wound up, as I have nowitness of the loan, nor has he of the pay-ment which for his part he declares he hasmade, I beseech your lordship to put himto his oath ; and if he will swear he haspaid me, I will freely forgive him. What say you to this ? asked Sanchoof the other, who held a staff in his hand. Sir, he answered, I own he lent methe gold, and beg now that you will holddown your rod of justice that I may swearupon it how I have honestly and in truthrepaid him. Thereupon Sancho held down his rod, andthe old man, after handing his own staff tothe plaintiff, made a cross over it, and sworethat he had returned the loan into theothers hands. The other man now said that as he felt. 122 DON QUIXOTE. sure the defendant would not forswear him-self, he supposed he must have forgottenthat he had been repaid. The man whohad sworn then took his staff again from theplaintiffs hand, and both prepared to leavethe court when Sancho stopped them. Honest man, he cried to the one withthe staff, let me look at that staff of yoursfor a moment. Certainly, your honour, he replied,handing it to him. Sancho took the staff, and imme-diately handed it to the other man,saying,— There, take this in payment foryour ten crowns. How so ? said the man, regard-ing the staff with puzzled eyes. Doyou judge this staff to be worth tencrowns ? That I do, said Sancho, unless I am a blockhead; break it open and see. This was immediately done, when, o to every ones surprise, out fell the ten gold crowns from the hollow inside. DON QUIXOTE. 123 Every one was amazed at Sanchos wisdom,but he soon explained how he f
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