Having called upon me as the eldest to answer, I, after urging him not to strip himself of his property but to spend it all as he pleased, for we were young men able to gain our living, consented to comply with his wishes, and said that mine were to follow the profession of arms and thereby serve God and my king.
Y, mandándome a mí, por ser el mayor, que respondiese, después de haberle dicho que no se deshiciese de la hacienda, sino que gastase todo lo que fuese su voluntad, que nosotros éramos mozos para saber ganarla, vine a concluir en que cumpliría su gusto, y que el mío era seguir el ejercicio de las armas, sirviendo en él a Dios y a mi rey.