stick that he had for propping up the stand when resting, and with

this he caught a mighty cut Don Quixote made at him that severed it in

two; but with the portion that remained in his hand he dealt such a

thwack on the shoulder of Don Quixote's sword arm (which the buckler

could not protect against the clownish assault) that poor Don

Quixote came to the ground in a sad plight.

Sancho Panza, who was coming on close behind puffing and blowing,

seeing him fall, cried out to his assailant not to strike him again,