He attacked like an angry lion, but he was met by a tap on the mouth from the button of the licentiate's sword that checked him in the midst of his furious onset, and made him kiss it as if it were a relic, though not as devoutly as relics are and ought to be kissed.
Arremetía como un león irritado, pero salíale al encuentro un tapaboca de la zapatilla de la espada del licenciado, que en mitad de su furia le detenía, y se la hacía besar como si fuera reliquia, aunque no con tanta devoción como las reliquias deben y suelen besarse.