"I do not believe," replied Don Quixote, "that such squires were ever on wages, but were dependent on favour; and if I have now mentioned thine in the sealed will I have left at home, it was with a view to what may happen; for as yet I know not how chivalry will turn out in these wretched times of ours, and I do not wish my soul to suffer for trifles in the other world; for I would have thee know, Sancho, that in this there is no condition more hazardous than that of adventurers."
-No creo yo -respondió don Quijote- que jamás los tales escuderos estuvieron a salario, sino a merced. Y si yo ahora te le he señalado a ti en el testamento cerrado que dejé en mi casa, fue por lo que podía suceder; que aún no sé cómo prueba en estos tan calamitosos tiempos nuestros la caballería, y no querría que por pocas cosas penase mi ánima en el otro mundo.