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Sancho and Don Quixote go on, and fall in with a group of goatherds.

Don Quixote tells Sancho and the goatherds about the " Golden Age " of man, reminiscent of both Ovid and the later Rousseau in which property does not exist, and men live in peace.

The goatherds invite the Knight and Sancho to the funeral of Grisóstomo, once a student who left his studies to become a shepherd after reading Pastoral novels, seeking the shepherdess Marcela.

At the funeral Marcela appears, delivering a long speech vindicating herself from the bitter verses written about her by Grisóstomo, claiming her own autonomy and freedom from expectations put on her by Pastoral clichés.

She disappears into the woods, and Don Quixote and Sancho follow.

Ultimately giving up, the two stop and dismount by a pond to rest.

Some Galicians arrive to water their ponies, and Rocinante ( Don Quixote's horse ) attempts to mate with the ponies.

The Galicians hit Rocinante with clubs to dissuade him, which Don Quixote takes as a threat and runs to defend Rocinante.

The Galicians beat Don Quixote and Sancho leaving them in great pain.