"It must not be that way," said Don Quixote at this point; "I will be the director of this fencing match, and judge of this often disputed question;" and dismounting from Rocinante and grasping his lance, he planted himself in the middle of the road, just as the licentiate, with an easy, graceful bearing and step, advanced towards Corchuelo, who came on against him, darting fire from his eyes, as the saying is.
-No ha de ser así -dijo a este instante don Quijote-, que yo quiero ser el maestro desta esgrima, y el juez desta muchas veces no averiguada cuestión. Y, apeándose de Rocinante y asiendo de su lanza, se puso en la mitad del camino, a tiempo que ya el licenciado, con gentil donaire de cuerpo y compás de pies, se iba contra Corchuelo, que contra él se vino, lanzando, como decirse suele, fuego por los ojos.