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I know very well that the Hero's horse was a horse of chaste deportment,
which may have given grounds for the contrary opinion: But it is
as certain at the same time that Rosinante's continency (as may be
demonstrated from the adventure of the Yanguesian carriers) proceeded
from no bodily defect or cause whatsoever, but from the temperance and
orderly current of his blood.--And let me tell you, Madam, there is a
great deal of very good chastity in the world, in behalf of which you
could not say more for your life.

Let that be as it may, as my purpose is to do exact justice to every
creature brought upon the stage of this dramatic work,--I could not
stifle this distinction in favour of Don Quixote's horse;--in all other
points, the parson's horse, I say, was just such another, for he was as
lean, and as lank, and as sorry a jade, as Humility herself could have
bestrided.

In the estimation of here and there a man of weak judgment, it was
greatly in the parson's power to have helped the figure of this horse of
his,--for he was master of a very handsome demi-peaked saddle,
quilted on the seat with green plush, garnished with a double row of
silver-headed studs, and a noble pair of shining brass stirrups, with a
housing altogether suitable, of grey superfine cloth, with an edging of
black lace, terminating in a deep, black, silk fringe, poudre d'or,--all
which he had purchased in the pride and prime of his life, together with
a grand embossed bridle, ornamented at all points as it should be.--But
not caring to banter his beast, he had hung all these up behind his
study door: and, in lieu of them, had seriously befitted him with just
such a bridle and such a saddle, as the figure and value of such a steed
might well and truly deserve.

In the several sallies about his parish, and in the neighbouring visits
to the gentry who lived around him,--you will easily comprehend, that
the parson, so appointed, would both hear and see enough to keep his
philosophy from rusting. To speak the truth, he never could enter a
village, but he caught the attention of both old and young.--Labour
stood still as he pass'd--the bucket hung suspended in the middle of
the well,--the spinning-wheel forgot its round,--even chuck-farthing and
shuffle-cap themselves stood gaping till he had got out of sight; and as
his movement was not of the quickest, he had generally time enough
upon his hands to make his observations,--to hear the groans of