Enchanted barber basin helmets, stolen donkeys, and paying penance deep within the crags.
Chapter XXI
Concerning the sublime adventure and rich prize of Mambrino’s helmet, and other things that happened to our invincible knight
Don Quixote scares away a traveling barber and takes his basin, which Don Quixote takes to be the famous Mambrino’s helmet. Don Quixote and Sancho then fantasize about what their lives will be like after they’ve achieved great notoriety.
Chapter XXII
About how Don Quixote freed many wretches who, much against their will, were being taken where they would have preferred not to go
The two men see a group of prisoners in chains being marched down the road towards the King’s galleys. Don Quixote talks to the prisoners, decides they’re innocent, and then attacks the guards in order to free them. The prisoners then turn on Don Quixote and throw stones at him.
Chapter XXIII
About what happened to the famous Don Quixote in the Sierra Morena, one of the strangest adventures recounted in this true history
Don Quixote and Sancho find an old travel bag with a notebook and money in it deep in the woods. The come to be told that the items belong to a young man who said he was living in the most remote and rugged land in the area in order to pay a penance for his sins. They eventually encounter the young man.
Chapter XXIV
In which the advent in the Sierra Morena is continued
The Ragged Knight of the Sierra, Cardenio, tells the men his story full of love and envy, but then Don Quixote takes offense to a remark Cardenio makes about Queen Madasima. The men end up fighting, and Cardenio runs off into the woods before finishing his story.
Chapter XXV
Concerning the strange things that happened to the brave knight of La Mancha in the Sierra Morena, and his imitation of the penance of Beltenebros
Gines de Pasamonte, one of the prisoners whom Don Quixote had freed, had been hiding in the same sierra and decided to steal Sancho’s donkey. Don Quixote writes a letter for Sancho to take to Dulcinea, as well as a warrant to allow Sancho to have three of his donkeys. Sancho embarks towards home on Rocinante.
Chapter XXVI
In which a further account is given of the dainty deeds performed by the lover Don Quixote in the Sierra Morena
While returning to El Toboso, Sancho passes the inn where he was blanket-tossed and sees the priest and barber who burned Don Quixote’s books. He realizes that he has forgotten to bring the notebook with the letter to Dulcinea, so he makes a comical attempt at reciting the letter from memory for the priest and barber to write down.
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