She then, turning to Don Quixote and addressing herself to him said, "Some days since, valiant knight, I gave you an account of the injustice and treachery of a wicked farmer to my dearly beloved daughter, the unhappy damsel here before you, and you promised me to take her part and right the wrong that has been done her; but now it has come to my hearing that you are about to depart from this castle in quest of such fair adventures as God may vouchsafe to you; therefore, before you take the road, I would that you challenge this froward rustic, and compel him to marry my daughter in fulfillment of the promise he gave her to become her husband before he seduced her; for to expect that my lord the duke will do me justice is to ask pears from the elm tree, for the reason I stated privately to your worship; and so may our Lord grant you good health and forsake us not."
-Días ha, valeroso caballero, que os tengo dada cuenta de la sinrazón y alevosía que un mal labrador tiene fecha a mi muy querida y amada fija, que es esta desdichada que aquí está presente, y vos me habedes prometido de volver por ella, enderezándole el tuerto que le tienen fecho, y agora ha llegado a mi noticia que os queredes partir deste castillo, en busca de las buenas venturas que Dios os depare; y así, querría que, antes que os escurriésedes por esos caminos, desafiásedes a este rústico indómito, y le hiciésedes que se casase con mi hija, en cumplimiento de la palabra que le dio de ser su esposo, antes y primero que yogase con ella; porque pensar que el duque mi señor me ha de hacer justicia es pedir peras al olmo, por la ocasión que ya a vuesa merced en puridad tengo declarada. Y con esto, Nuestro Señor dé a vuesa merced mucha salud, y a nosotras no nos desampare.