My squire, God's curse upon him, is better at unloosing his tongue in talking impertinence than in tightening the girths of a saddle to keep it steady; but however I may be, allen or raised up, on foot or on horseback, I shall always be at your service and that of my lady the duchess, your worthy consort, worthy queen of beauty and paramount princess of courtesy."
Mi escudero, que Dios maldiga, mejor desata la lengua para decir malicias que ata y cincha una silla para que esté firme; pero, comoquiera que yo me halle, caído o levantado, a pie o a caballo, siempre estaré al servicio vuestro y al de mi señora la duquesa, digna consorte vuestra, y digna señora de la hermosura y universal princesa de la cortesía.