"That custom, sir squire," replied Sancho, "may hold good among those bullies and fighting men you talk of, but certainly not among the squires of knights-errant; at least, I have never heard my master speak of any custom of the sort, and he knows all the laws of knight-errantry by heart; but granting it true that there is an express law that squires are to fight while their masters are fighting, I don't mean to obey it, but to pay the penalty that may be laid on peacefully minded squires like myself; for I am sure it cannot be more than two pounds of wax, and I would rather pay that, for I know it will cost me less than the lint I shall be at the expense of to mend my head, which I look upon as broken and split already; there's another thing that makes it impossible for me to fight, that I have no sword, for I never carried one in my life."
A lo menos, yo no he oído decir a mi amo semejante costumbre, y sabe de memoria todas las ordenanzas de la andante caballería. Cuanto más, que yo quiero que sea verdad y ordenanza expresa el pelear los escuderos en tanto que sus señores pelean; pero yo no quiero cumplirla, sino pagar la pena que estuviere puesta a los tales pacíficos escuderos, que yo aseguro que no pase de dos libras de cera, y más quiero pagar las tales libras, que sé que me costarán menos que las hilas que podré gastar en curarme la cabeza, que ya me la cuento por partida y dividida en dos partes.