Don Quixote delivered his discourse in such a manner and in such correct language, that for the time being he made it impossible for any of his hearers to consider him a madman; on the contrary, as they were mostly gentlemen, to whom arms are an appurtenance by birth, they listened to him with great pleasure as he continued:
De tal manera, y por tan buenos términos, iba prosiguiendo en su plática don Quijote que obligó a que, por entonces, ninguno de los que escuchándole estaban le tuviese por loco; antes, como todos los más eran caballeros, a quien son anejas las armas, le escuchaban de muy buena gana; y él prosiguió diciendo: