And to tell you the truth, sirs," continued the goatherd, "it was yesterday that we resolved, I and four of the lads, two of them our servants, and the other two friends of mine, to go in search of him until we find him, and when we do to take him, whether by force or of his own consent, to the town of Almodovar, which is eight leagues from this, and there strive to cure him (if indeed his malady admits of a cure), or learn when he is in his senses who he is, and if he has relatives to whom we may give notice of his misfortune. This, sirs, is all I can say in answer to what you have asked me; and be sure that the owner of the articles you found is he whom you saw pass by with such nimbleness and so naked."
Y en verdad os digo, señores -prosiguió el cabrero-, que ayer determinamos yo y cuatro zagales, los dos criados y los dos amigos míos, de buscarle hasta tanto que le hallemos, y, después de hallado, ya por fuerza ya por grado, le hemos de llevar a la villa de Almodóvar, que está de aquí ocho leguas, y allí le curaremos, si es que su mal tiene cura, o sabremos quién es cuando esté en sus seso, y si tiene parientes a quien dar noticia de su desgracia». Esto es, señores, lo que sabré deciros de lo que me habéis preguntado; y entended que el dueño de las prendas que hallastes es el mesmo que vistes pasar con tanta ligereza como desnudez -que ya le había dicho don Quijote cómo había visto pasar aquel hombre saltando por la sierra.