But the best of it is, the story goes in the neighbourhood that those who attacked us belong to a number of galley slaves who, they say, were set free almost on the very same spot by a man of such valour that, in spite of the commissary and of the guards, he released the whole of them; and beyond all doubt he must have been out of his senses, or he must be as great a scoundrel as they, or some man without heart or conscience to let the wolf loose among the sheep, the fox among the hens, the fly among the honey. He has defrauded justice, and opposed his king and lawful master, for he opposed his just commands; he has, I say, robbed the galleys of their feet, stirred up the Holy Brotherhood which for many years past has been quiet, and, lastly, has done a deed by which his soul may be lost without any gain to his body."
Y es lo bueno que es pública fama por todos estos contornos que los que nos saltearon son de unos galeotes que dicen que libertó, casi en este mesmo sitio, un hombre tan valiente que, a pesar del comisario y de las guardas, los soltó a todos; y, sin duda alguna, él debía de estar fuera de juicio, o debe de ser tan grande bellaco como ellos, o algún hombre sin alma y sin conciencia, pues quiso soltar al lobo entre las ovejas, a la raposa entre las gallinas, a la mosca entre la miel; quiso defraudar la justicia, ir contra su rey y señor natural, pues fue contra sus justos mandamientos. Quiso, digo, quitar a las galeras sus pies, poner en alboroto a la Santa Hermandad, que había muchos años que reposaba; quiso, finalmente, hacer un hecho por donde se pierda su alma y no se gane su cuerpo.