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Title
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Don Quixote and Sancho on the Wooden Horse
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Description
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The Duke and the Duchess prepare a wooden horse for Don Quixote so that he may enter into single combat with the giant Malembruno halfway across the country. They explain that the wooden horse which they call Clavileno will transport themthrough the air to the place where Malambruno attends their coming. However, the condition is that they must blindfold their eyes, or else the dazzling and stupendous height of their journey will make them giddy. Instead they must not peek and instead let the neighing of the wooden horse inform them that they have arrived. Once blindfolded, the waiting-women and all the company started shouting their goodbye's pretending that Quixote and Sancho had already taken flight. To make their flight feel all the more realistic, some of the onlooking company took out bellows and blew them in the direction of Quixote and Sancho Panza. This action was followed by two servants taking some flax , with other combustible matter, attaching them the end of a long stick ,and setting them on fire at a small distance from Quixote's nose so the heat and smoke would affect the knight and his squire.
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Image Creator
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Mr. Ozell (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:25006
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Source Name
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The History of the Renowned Don Quixote De la Mancha
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Image
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Subject
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Practical jokes
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Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates
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Knights and knighthood in art
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Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character)
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