The attractions of the fair peasant raised the passion of Don Fernando to such a point that, in order to gain his object and overcome her virtuous resolutions, he determined to pledge his word to her to become her husband, for to attempt it in any other way was to attempt an impossibility.
Yo, obligado de su amistad, con las mejores razones que supe y con los más vivos ejemplos que pude, procuré estorbarle y apartarle de tal propósito. Pero, viendo que no aprovechaba, determiné de decirle el caso al duque Ricardo, su padre.