Such as were rich gave in addition a part of their money; and a vast number of heroes of that gallant period may be cited who would neither have won their spurs in the first place, nor their battles afterward, without the purse, more or less furnished, which their mistress fastened to the saddle bow.
Las que eran ricas daban además una parte de su dinero, y se podría citar un buen número de héroes de esa galante época que no hubieran ganado ni sus espuelas primero, ni sus batallas luego, sin la bolsa más o menos provista que su amante ataba al arzón de su silla.