Don Quixote was amazed when he heard the Knight of the Grove, and was a thousand times on the point of telling him he lied, and had the lie direct already on the tip of his tongue; but he restrained himself as well as he could, in order to force him to confess the lie with his own lips; so he said to him quietly, "As to what you say, sir knight, about having vanquished most of the knights of Spain, or even of the whole world, I say nothing; but that you have vanquished Don Quixote of La Mancha I consider doubtful; it may have been some other that resembled him, although there are few like him."
Admirado quedó don Quijote de oír al Caballero del Bosque, y estuvo mil veces por decirle que mentía, y ya tuvo el mentís en el pico de la lengua; pero reportóse lo mejor que pudo, por hacerle confesar por su propia boca su mentira; y así, sosegadamente le dijo: -De que vuesa merced, señor caballero, haya vencido a los más caballeros andantes de España, y aun de todo el mundo, no digo nada; pero de que haya vencido a don Quijote de la Mancha, póngolo en duda. Podría ser que fuese otro que le pareciese, aunque hay pocos que le parezcan.