I asked Montesinos if he knew them, and he told me he did not, but he thought they must be some enchanted ladies of distinction, for it was only a few days before that they had made their appearance in those meadows; but I was not to be surprised at that, because there were a great many other ladies there of times past and present, enchanted in various strange shapes, and among them he had recognised Queen Guinevere and her dame Quintanona, she who poured out the wine for Lancelot when he came from Britain."
Pregunté a Montesinos si las conocía, respondióme que no, pero que él imaginaba que debían de ser algunas señoras principales encantadas, que pocos días había que en aquellos prados habían parecido; y que no me maravillase desto, porque allí estaban otras muchas señoras de los pasados y presentes siglos, encantadas en diferentes y estrañas figuras, entre las cuales conocía él a la reina Ginebra y su dueña Quintañona, escanciando el vino a Lanzarote, cuando de Bretaña vino.