Halt! ill-born rabble, follow him not nor pursue him, or ye will have to reckon with me in battle!" and suiting the action to the word, he drew his sword, and with one bound placed himself close to the show, and with unexampled rapidity and fury began to shower down blows on the puppet troop of Moors, knocking over some, decapitating others, maiming this one and demolishing that; and among many more he delivered one down stroke which, if Master Pedro had not ducked, made himself small, and got out of the way, would have sliced off his head as easily as if it had been made of almond-paste.
¡Deteneos, mal nacida canalla; no le sigáis ni persigáis; si no, conmigo sois en la batalla! Y, diciendo y haciendo, desenvainó la espada, y de un brinco se puso junto al retablo, y, con acelerada y nunca vista furia, comenzó a llover cuchilladas sobre la titerera morisma, derribando a unos, descabezando a otros, estropeando a éste, destrozando a aquél, y, entre otros muchos, tiró un altibajo tal, que si maese Pedro no se abaja, se encoge y agazapa, le cercenara la cabeza con más facilidad que si fuera hecha de masa de mazapán.