Don Quixote, however, who, as has been said, felt himself relieved and well, was eager to take his departure at once in quest of adventures, as it seemed to him that all the time he loitered there was a fraud upon the world and those in it who stood in need of his help and protection, all the more when he had the security and confidence his balsam afforded him; and so, urged by this impulse, he saddled Rocinante himself and put the pack-saddle on his squire's beast, whom likewise he helped to dress and mount the ass; after which he mounted his horse and turning to a corner of the inn he laid hold of a pike that stood there, to serve him by way of a lance.
Pero don Quijote, que, como se ha dicho, se sintió aliviado y sano, quiso partirse luego a buscar aventuras, pareciéndole que todo el tiempo que allí se tardaba era quitársele al mundo y a los en él menesterosos de su favor y amparo; y más con la seguridad y confianza que llevaba en su bálsamo. Y así, forzado deste deseo, él mismo ensilló a Rocinante y enalbardó al jumento de su escudero, a quien también ayudó a vestir y a subir en el asno.