It is impossible for anyone to have been more lamely hanged than I had been. The executioner was a subdeacon, and knew how to burn people very well, but as for hanging, he was a novice at it, being quite out of practice; the cord being wet, and not slipping properly, the noose did not join.
Yo estaba tan mal ahorcado, que no podia ser mas: el executor de las sentencias de la santa inquisicion, que era subdiácono, es verdad que quemaba las personas con la mayor habilidad, pero no entendia cosa en materia de ahorcar: la soga que estaba mojada apretó poco, en fin todavía estaba vivo.