For jest and sport it was, properly regarded, and had I not seen it in that light I would have returned and done more mischief in revenging thee than the Greeks did for the rape of Helen, who, if she were alive now, or if my Dulcinea had lived then, might depend upon it she would not be so famous for her beauty as she is;" and here he heaved a sigh and sent it aloft; and said Sancho, "Let it pass for a jest as it cannot be revenged in earnest, but I know what sort of jest and earnest it was, and I know it will never be rubbed out of my memory any more than off my shoulders.
Que, bien apurada la cosa, burla fue y pasatiempo; que, a no entenderlo yo ansí, ya yo hubiera vuelto allá y hubiera hecho en tu venganza más daño que el que hicieron los griegos por la robada Elena. La cual, si fuera en este tiempo, o mi Dulcinea fuera en aquél, pudiera estar segura que no tuviera tanta fama de hermosa como tiene.