A Further Account of the Innumerable Hardships Which the Brave Don Quixote, and His Worthy Squire Sancho, Underwent in the Inn, Which the Knight Unluckily Took for a Castle.
When the police officer returns with a light, he finds Don Quixote conscious, but bruised. The knight insults him, mistaking him for the cause of all the trouble, and the officer gets so angry that he hits him over the head with the lamp. To relieve his pains, the Don orders the ingredients for his special balm and swallows the preparation. After violent nausea, he feels quite restored, and Sancho then drinks what is left in the pot. He, on the other hand, suffers such dreadful reactions that he is weaker and more miserable than ever when the attack is over. His master is ready to leave, however, and saddles their beasts, giving the innkeeper a gracious speech of thanks for his hospitality. "Where is my payment?" asks the landlord, but the distracted knight cannot understand that he is anything but a guest at whichever castle he stops at. He marches off, leaving Sancho to continue arguing with the innkeeper. At this point, some stout jolly fellows in the courtyard seize this opportunity for a jest. They lay Sancho in a blanket and toss him high in the air many times before allowing him at last to rejoin his master outside the gate.
