Cardenio and the curate were watching all this from among some bushes, not knowing how to join company with the others; but the curate, who was very fertile in devices, soon hit upon a way of effecting their purpose, and with a pair of scissors he had in a case he quickly cut off Cardenio's beard, and putting on him a grey jerkin of his own he gave him a black cloak, leaving himself in his breeches and doublet, while Cardenio's appearance was so different from what it had been that he would not have known himself had he seen himself in a mirror.
Todo esto miraban de entre unas breñas Cardenio y el cura, y no sabían qué hacerse para juntarse con ellos; pero el cura, que era gran tracista, imaginó luego lo que harían para conseguir lo que deseaban; y fue que con unas tijeras que traía en un estuche quitó con mucha presteza la barba a Cardenio, y vistióle un capotillo pardo que él traía y diole un herreruelo negro, y él se quedó en calzas y en jubón; y quedó tan otro de lo que antes parecía Cardenio, que él mesmo no se conociera, aunque a un espejo se mirara.