They roused them up, and bade them get the horses ready, as at sunrise they were to engage in a bloody and arduous single combat; at which intelligence Sancho was aghast and thunderstruck, trembling for the safety of his master because of the mighty deeds he had heard the squire of the Grove ascribe to his; but without a word the two squires went in quest of their cattle; for by this time the three horses and the ass had smelt one another out, and were all together.
Despertáronlos y mandáronles que tuviesen a punto los caballos, porque, en saliendo el sol, habían de hacer los dos una sangrienta, singular y desigual batalla; a cuyas nuevas quedó Sancho atónito y pasmado, temeroso de la salud de su amo, por las valentías que había oído decir del suyo al escudero del Bosque; pero, sin hablar palabra, se fueron los dos escuderos a buscar su ganado, que ya todos tres caballos y el rucio se habían olido, y estaban todos juntos.