Don Quixote was comforted by the prophecy he heard, for he at once comprehended its meaning perfectly, and perceived it was promised to him that he should see himself united in holy and lawful matrimony with his beloved Dulcinea del Toboso, from whose blessed womb should proceed the whelps, his sons, to the eternal glory of La Mancha; and being thoroughly and firmly persuaded of this, he lifted up his voice, and with a deep sigh exclaimed:
Quedó don Quijote consolado con la escuchada profecía, porque luego coligió de todo en todo la significación de ella; y vio que le prometían el verse ayuntados en santo y debido matrimonio con su querida Dulcinea del Toboso, de cuyo felice vientre saldrían los cachorros, que eran sus hijos, para gloria perpetua de la Mancha. Y, creyendo esto bien y firmemente, alzó la voz, y, dando un gran suspiro, dijo: