If I have not reckoned wrong thou hast given thyself over a thousand lashes; that is enough for the present; 'for the ass,' to put it in homely phrase, 'bears the load, but not the overload.'"
Más de mil azotes, si yo no he contado mal, te has dado: bastan por agora; que el asno, hablando a lo grosero, sufre la carga, mas no la sobrecarga.