The other guards stood thunderstruck and amazed at this unexpected event, but recovering presence of mind, those on horseback seized their swords, and those on foot their javelins, and attacked Don Quixote, who was waiting for them with great calmness; and no doubt it would have gone badly with him if the galley slaves, seeing the chance before them of liberating themselves, had not effected it by contriving to break the chain on which they were strung.
Las demás guardas quedaron atónitas y suspensas del no esperado acontecimiento; pero, volviendo sobre sí, pusieron mano a sus espadas los de a caballo, y los de a pie a sus dardos, y arremetieron a don Quijote, que con mucho sosiego los aguardaba; y, sin duda, lo pasara mal si los galeotes, viendo la ocasión que se les ofrecía de alcanzar libertad, no la procuraran, procurando romper la cadena donde venían ensartados.