The comrades of the wounded perceiving the plight they were in began from a distance to shower stones on Don Quixote, who screened himself as best he could with his buckler, not daring to quit the trough and leave his armour unprotected.
Los compañeros de los heridos, que tales los vieron, comenzaron desde lejos a llover piedras sobre don Quijote, el cual, lo mejor que podía, se reparaba con su adarga, y no se osaba apartar de la pila por no desamparar las armas.