The truth of the story is that that Master Elisabad whom the madman mentioned was a man of great prudence and sound judgment, and served as governor and physician to the queen, but to suppose that she was his mistress is nonsense deserving very severe punishment; and as a proof that Cardenio did not know what he was saying, remember when he said it he was out of his wits."
La verdad del cuento es que aquel maestro Elisabat, que el loco dijo, fue un hombre muy prudente y de muy sanos consejos, y sirvió de ayo y de médico a la reina; pero pensar que ella era su amiga es disparate digno de muy gran castigo. Y, porque veas que Cardenio no supo lo que dijo, has de advertir que cuando lo dijo ya estaba sin juicio.