Cide Hamete relates that Don Quixote being now cured of his scratches felt that the life he was leading in the castle was entirely inconsistent with the order of chivalry he professed, so he determined to ask the duke and duchess to permit him to take his departure for Saragossa, as the time of the festival was now drawing near, and he hoped to win there the suit of armour which is the prize at festivals of the sort.
Cuenta Cide Hamete que estando ya don Quijote sano de sus aruños, le pareció que la vida que en aquel castillo tenía era contra toda la orden de caballería que profesaba, y así, determinó de pedir licencia a los duques para partirse a Zaragoza, cuyas fiestas llegaban cerca, adonde pensaba ganar el arnés que en las tales fiestas se conquista.