All were silent, Tyrians and Trojans; I mean all who were watching the show were hanging on the lips of the interpreter of its wonders, when drums and trumpets were heard to sound inside it and cannon to go off. The noise was soon over, and then the boy lifted up his voice and said, "This true story which is here represented to your worships is taken word for word from the French chronicles and from the Spanish ballads that are in everybody's mouth, and in the mouth of the boys about the streets.
Callaron todos, tirios y troyanos; quiero decir, pendientes estaban todos los que el retablo miraban de la boca del declarador de sus maravillas, cuando se oyeron sonar en el retablo cantidad de atabales y trompetas, y dispararse mucha artillería, cuyo rumor pasó en tiempo breve, y luego alzó la voz el muchacho, y dijo: -Esta verdadera historia que aquí a vuesas mercedes se representa es sacada al pie de la letra de las corónicas francesas y de los romances españoles que andan en boca de las gentes, y de los muchachos, por esas calles.