In short he left me in such a condition that I have been until now in a hospital getting cured of the injuries which that rascally clown inflicted on me then; for all which your worship is to blame; for if you had gone your own way and not come where there was no call for you, nor meddled in other people's affairs, my master would have been content with giving me one or two dozen lashes, and would have then loosed me and paid me what he owed me; but when your worship abused him so out of measure, and gave him so many hard words, his anger was kindled; and as he could not revenge himself on you, as soon as he saw you had left him the storm burst upon me in such a way, that I feel as if I should never be a man again."
De todo lo cual tiene vuestra merced la culpa, porque si se fuera su camino adelante y no viniera donde no le llamaban, ni se entremetiera en negocios ajenos, mi amo se contentara con darme una o dos docenas de azotes, y luego me soltara y pagara cuanto me debía. Mas, como vuestra merced le deshonró tan sin propósito y le dijo tantas villanías, encendiósele la cólera, y, como no la pudo vengar en vuestra merced, cuando se vio solo descargó sobre mí el nublado, de modo que me parece que no seré más hombre en toda mi vida.