"For myself I must say I cannot guess how many," said the battered knight Don Quixote; "but I take all the blame upon myself, for I had no business to put hand to sword against men who where not dubbed knights like myself, and so I believe that in punishment for having transgressed the laws of chivalry the God of battles has permitted this chastisement to be administered to me; for which reason, brother Sancho, it is well thou shouldst receive a hint on the matter which I am now about to mention to thee, for it is of much importance to the welfare of both of us.
–De mí sé decir -dijo el molido caballero don Quijote- que no sabré poner término a esos días. Mas yo me tengo la culpa de todo, que no había de poner mano a la espada contra hombres que no fuesen armados caballeros como yo; y así, creo que, en pena de haber pasado las leyes de la caballería, ha permitido el dios de las batallas que se me diese este castigo.