what you will think of the manner in which I was affu-
xed it was made ; a potter had placed his veffels in the
oven to be baked, and behold one o f them came out
changed into this head!! you may believe- it i f you
pleafe% many helieve it at Alcala! for my -part, as I know
no other circunvftances o f this miracle, and have no
-other authority than that of my guide, with his tale about
•the fifteen ¡thoufaod dollars, I am rather fufpicious jp)v
•Alcala is only fix leagues from Madrid, and belongs
to the Archbiihop of Toledo ; it gave birth to Miguel
Cervantes de Saavedra, the celebrated author of the.much
admired romance o f Don Quixote [b). The country
(a) V ia g e dfc Efpaha-paT ©Ota AiitOnio Pb * z, abm-i ,Madrid, 177 &-
: »'Miguel Cmantes-ae'Snavtdrtrtas born « A lc a la €e HenafeS-the-gth dfOSober l-siTv
and dkd.at.Madrid-*e«3d of April, u&i®. The fame nominal dajy*« bis. iUuflnotu Co-
temporary. Shakefpear.
There is inch a variety of matter and fo rhany beautiful' paffiiges and allufions m Don.
Quixote,-that it-is infpoftible no travel ihrOugh Spain, vithout-teir frequently'occurring to
the . mind. Oon Guillermo BbwUs thas-oecafionaJly quoted .him, and I hope 1 may be air
lowed the fame liberty. This book is one o f thofe capital pieees only underftood- by thofc-
wbn-oan'read-bitti-m the original. Wb-maytnSw fodn'expeaatfaw and elaffica'l edition of:
Don Quixote .printed in England in the original 3paniftt, •»Uuftrated by annotations and ex-
m a s from the hiftorians, poets and romances o f S.pain and Italy, and other wnters-ancient:
and ■Modern, with a glo'ffary and indexes, by fhe Re v e ren ijd h n idw fc , M. A . * . S. A . See,
letter to the 'Rev. Dr. Percy cotrderiifng a 'n£w etiilion 6i Don Quixote, b y th eR e v . Jo n.
,Bowie, M. A . F.'S. A . London printed for B.White, 07,7.7..
Befides the advantage o f having a more perfeft and accurate text than has ever yet ap-
-peatefl, this is‘a wdrk d f fuch magnitude as-will rtfleft. infinite‘honour on the erudition and:
•«lie Of the injgeniods editor.; howfiflgute a pl&durefto thfe.aihnirersdf'Cemntes-imgenerakr'
how great the furprifeto the Spaniards ! when they behold one. of their favorite •eharaaers,.
fo nobly emblazoned by anlEngliihman». OUn(i
around is bleak, owing to the Angular averfion which
the Caitilians have in general to the planting o f trees.
Nothing further occurs between this place and Madrid,
the environs o f which will be defcribed on another
occafion.
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