One of those, however, that stood near him, fancying he was mocking them, lifted up a long staff he had in his hand and smote him such a blow with it that Sancho dropped helpless to the ground. Don Quixote, seeing him so roughly handled, attacked the man who had struck him lance in hand, but so many thrust themselves between them that he could not avenge him.
Y luego, puesta la mano en las narices, comenzó a rebuznar tan reciamente, que todos los cercanos valles retumbaron. Pero uno de los que estaban junto a él, creyendo que hacía burla dellos, alzó un varapalo que en la mano tenía, y diole tal golpe con él, que, sin ser poderoso a otra cosa, dio con Sancho Panza en el suelo.