Observe, too, how the emperor turns away, and leaves Don Gaiferos fuming; and you see now how in a burst of anger, he flings the table and the board far from him and calls in haste for his armour, and asks his cousin Don Roland for the loan of his sword, Durindana, and how Don Roland refuses to lend it, offering him his company in the difficult enterprise he is undertaking; but he, in his valour and anger, will not accept it, and says that he alone will suffice to rescue his wife, even though she were imprisoned deep in the centre of the earth, and with this he retires to arm himself and set out on his journey at once.
Miren vuestras mercedes también cómo el emperador vuelve las espaldas y deja despechado a don Gaiferos, el cual ya ven como arroja, impaciente de la cólera, lejos de sí el tablero y las tablas, y pide apriesa las armas, y a don Roldán, su primo, pide prestada su espada Durindana, y cómo don Roldán no se la quiere prestar, ofreciéndole su compañía en la difícil empresa en que se pone; pero el valeroso enojado no lo quiere aceptar; antes, dice que él solo es bastante para sacar a su esposa, si bien estuviese metida en el más hondo centro de la tierra; y, con esto, se entra a armar, para ponerse luego en camino.