The first that he came upon was the pummelled Don Quixote, who lay stretched senseless on his back upon his broken-down bed, and, his hand falling on the beard as he felt about, he continued to cry, "Help for the Jurisdiction!" but perceiving that he whom he had laid hold of did not move or stir, he concluded that he was dead and that those in the room were his murderers, and with this suspicion he raised his voice still higher, calling out, "Shut the inn gate; see that no one goes out; they have killed a man here!"
Y el primero con quien topó fue con el apuñeado de don Quijote, que estaba en su derribado lecho, tendido boca arriba, sin sentido alguno, y, echándole a tiento mano a las barbas, no cesaba de decir: -¡Favor a la justicia! Pero, viendo que el que tenía asido no se bullía ni meneaba, se dio a entender que estaba muerto, y que los que allí dentro estaban eran sus matadores; y con esta sospecha reforzó la voz, diciendo: -¡Ciérrese la puerta de la venta!