"It would be better if it were the other way," said the traveller, "the sceptre on the head and the crown in the hand; but if so, may be there is within some company of players, with whom it is a common thing to have those crowns and sceptres you speak of; for in such a small inn as this, and where such silence is kept, I do not believe any people entitled to crowns and sceptres can have taken up their quarters."
-Mejor fuera al revés -dijo el caminante-: el cetro en la cabeza y la corona en la mano. Y será, si a mano viene, que debe de estar dentro alguna compañía de representantes, de los cuales es tener a menudo esas coronas y cetros que decís, porque en una venta tan pequeña, y adonde se guarda tanto silencio como ésta, no creo yo que se alojan personas dignas de corona y cetro.