The Moor had hardly heard these words when with marvellous quickness he flung himself headforemost into the sea, where no doubt he would have been drowned had not the long and full dress he wore held him up for a little on the surface of the water.
»Apenas hubo oído esto el moro, cuando, con una increíble presteza, se arrojó de cabeza en la mar, donde sin ninguna duda se ahogara, si el vestido largo y embarazoso que traía no le entretuviera un poco sobre el agua.