"The Ingratitude Revenged" was not nonsense, nor was there any in "The Numantia," nor any to be found in "The Merchant Lover," nor yet in "The Friendly Fair Foe," nor in some others that have been written by certain gifted poets, to their own fame and renown, and to the profit of those that brought them out;' some further remarks I added to these, with which, I think, I left him rather dumbfoundered, but not so satisfied or convinced that I could disabuse him of his error."
Sí, que no fue disparate La ingratitud vengada, ni le tuvo La Numancia, ni se le halló en la del Mercader amante, ni menos en La enemiga favorable, ni en otras algunas que de algunos entendidos poetas han sido compuestas, para fama y renombre suyo, y para ganancia de los que las han representado''. Y otras cosas añadí a éstas, con que, a mi parecer, le dejé algo confuso, pero no satisfecho ni convencido para sacarle de su errado pensamiento.