When Don Quixote saw the state he was in he said, "I have now come to the conclusion, good Sancho, that this castle or inn is beyond a doubt enchanted, because those who have so atrociously diverted themselves with thee, what can they be but phantoms or beings of another world? and I hold this confirmed by having noticed that when I was by the wall of the yard witnessing the acts of thy sad tragedy, it was out of my power to mount upon it, nor could I even dismount from Rocinante, because they no doubt had me enchanted; for I swear to thee by the faith of what I am that if I had been able to climb up or dismount, I would have avenged thee in such a way that those braggart thieves would have remembered their freak for ever, even though in so doing I knew that I contravened the laws of chivalry, which, as I have often told thee, do not permit a knight to lay hands on him who is not one, save in case of urgent and great necessity in defence of his own life and person."
Cuando así le vio don Quijote, le dijo: -Ahora acabo de creer, Sancho bueno, que aquel castillo o venta, de que es encantado sin duda; porque aquellos que tan atrozmente tomaron pasatiempo contigo, ¿qué podían ser sino fantasmas y gente del otro mundo? Y confirmo esto por haber visto que, cuando estaba por las bardas del corral mirando los actos de tu triste tragedia, no me fue posible subir por ellas, ni menos pude apearme de Rocinante, porque me debían de tener encantado; que te juro, por la fe de quien soy, que si pudiera subir o apearme, que yo te hiciera vengado de manera que aquellos follones y malandrines se acordaran de la burla para siempre, aunque en ello supiera contravenir a las leyes de la caballería, que, como ya muchas veces te he dicho, no consienten que caballero ponga mano contra quien no lo sea, si no fuere en defensa de su propria vida y persona, en caso de urgente y gran necesidad.