"So, as I was saying," continued Sancho, "as the pair of them were going to sit down to table, as I said, the labourer insisted upon the gentleman's taking the head of the table, and the gentleman insisted upon the labourer's taking it, as his orders should be obeyed in his house; but the labourer, who plumed himself on his politeness and good breeding, would not on any account, until the gentleman, out of patience, putting his hands on his shoulders, compelled him by force to sit down, saying, 'Sit down, you stupid lout, for wherever I sit will be the head to you; and that's the story, and, troth, I think it hasn't been brought in amiss here."
-«Digo, así -dijo Sancho-, que, estando, como he dicho, los dos para sentarse a la mesa, el labrador porfiaba con el hidalgo que tomase la cabecera de la mesa, y el hidalgo porfiaba también que el labrador la tomase, porque en su casa se había de hacer lo que él mandase; pero el labrador, que presumía de cortés y bien criado, jamás quiso, hasta que el hidalgo, mohíno, poniéndole ambas manos sobre los hombros, le hizo sentar por fuerza, diciéndole: ''Sentaos, majagranzas, que adondequiera que yo me siente será vuestra cabecera''.» Y éste es el cuento, y en verdad que creo que no ha sido aquí traído fuera de propósito.