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Title
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[Having Been Freed, the Galley-Slaves Gather Around Don Quixote to Know his Pleasure]
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Description
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Upon seeing a procession of bound men who were carrying on against their will and looked quite unhappy, Don Quixote decided to set these slaves at liberty and free them. While Quixote attacked the guards and confused them, Sancho Panza set to work loosening the bonds of the slaves, beginning with the infamous Gines de Passamonte who immediately went about stealing the guns of swords of the guards, at which point the guards decided to flee. Once the galley-slaves had been freed they gathered round Don Quixote (mounted upon a horse and clad in full armor) to know his pleasure. Don Quixote tells them to present themselves as vassals before his princess Dulcinea in Toboso, but Gines De Passamonte (right) answers for all the galley-slaves and tells Quixote that such a request is impossible for them as all the galley-slaves will henceforth be hunted down by the Holy Brotherhood. Sancho Panza (middle) motions nervously to Quixote that they should depart quickly before the galley-slaves turn against them, which they then do.
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Image Creator
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Philip Simons (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:24828
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Source Name
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The Life and Exploits of the ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha
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Image
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Subject
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Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates
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Fugitive slaves
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Fiction
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Knights and knighthood in art
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