When the duke heard this all his anger was near vanishing in a fit of laughter, and he said, "The things that happen to Senor Don Quixote are so extraordinary that I am ready to believe this lacquey of mine is not one; but let us adopt this plan and device; let us put off the marriage for, say, a fortnight, and let us keep this person about whom we are uncertain in close confinement, and perhaps in the course of that time he may return to his original shape; for the spite which the enchanters entertain against Senor Don Quixote cannot last so long, especially as it is of so little advantage to them to practise these deceptions and transformations."
El duque, que esto oyó, estuvo por romper en risa toda su cólera, y dijo: -Son tan extraordinarias las cosas que suceden al señor don Quijote que estoy por creer que este mi lacayo no lo es; pero usemos deste ardid y maña: dilatemos el casamiento quince días, si quieren, y tengamos encerrado a este personaje que nos tiene dudosos, en los cuales podría ser que volviese a su prístina figura; que no ha de durar tanto el rancor que los encantadores tienen al señor don Quijote, y más, yéndoles tan poco en usar estos embelecos y transformaciones.