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Ali Basha has a title to fame in the fact that he is mentioned by Cervantes in his Don Quijote de la Mancha under the name of "Uchali" in chapter xxxix., "Donde el cautivo cuenta su vida y sucesos." The captive is supposed to have been no less a person than the famous Cervantes himself, and he briefly describes how Uchali became "Rey de Argel," or King of Algiers.
DON EDUARDO. Ya te dije que el apoderado de mi tío, que es escribano del consejo, me ha ofrecido emplearme en su despacho como copiante ... cuando tenga que copiar, se entiende ... y voy a ver si me adelanta cien reales, a cuenta de mis futuros garabatos, para pagar el casero y para ir viviendo. DOÑA MATILDE. Y ¿qué me he de hacer yo entretanto, sin libros, sin piano...?
O, as for that matter, we must of course charge it in the cuenta. I slept soundly, and rather late in the morning arose and breakfasted, and paid the bill, in which, by its extravagance, I found the purification had not been forgotten. The travelling merchants had departed at daybreak. We now led forth the horses, and mounted; there were several people at the door staring at us.
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