What was, was; and may the good that is to come be for all, and the evil for him who goes to look for it—your worship must know that the beginning the old folk used to put to their tales was not just as each one pleased; it was a maxim of Cato Zonzorino the Roman, that says 'the evil for him that goes to look for it,' and it comes as pat to the purpose now as ring to finger, to show that your worship should keep quiet and not go looking for evil in any quarter, and that we should go back by some other road, since nobody forces us to follow this in which so many terrors affright us."
«Érase que se era, el bien que viniere para todos sea, y el mal, para quien lo fuere a buscar...» Y advierta vuestra merced, señor mío, que el principio que los antiguos dieron a sus consejas no fue así comoquiera, que fue una sentencia de Catón Zonzorino, romano, que dice: "Y el mal, para quien le fuere a buscar", que viene aquí como anillo al dedo, para que vuestra merced se esté quedo y no vaya a buscar el mal a ninguna parte, sino que nos volvamos por otro camino, pues nadie nos fuerza a que sigamos éste, donde tantos miedos nos sobresaltan.