He had not gone above two leagues when he was overtaken by four other heroes, six feet high, who bound him neck and heels, and carried him to a dungeon. A courtmartial sat upon him, and he was asked which he liked better, to run the gauntlet six and thirty times through the whole regiment, or to have his brains blown out with a dozen musket-balls?
Mas apénas había andado dos leguas, quando héteme otros quatro héroes de dos varas y tercia, que me lo agarran, me le atan, y me le llevan á un calabozo, Preguntáronle luego jurídicamente si queria mas pasar treinta y seis veces por baquetas de todo el regimiento, ó recibir una vez sola doce balazos en la mollera.