The pack-saddle being secured, as Don Quixote was about to lift up his enchanted mistress in his arms and put her upon her beast, the lady, getting up from the ground, saved him the trouble, for, going back a little, she took a short run, and putting both hands on the croup of the ass she dropped into the saddle more lightly than a falcon, and sat astride like a man, whereat Sancho said, "Rogue! but our lady is lighter than a lanner, and might teach the cleverest Cordovan or Mexican how to mount; she cleared the back of the saddle in one jump, and without spurs she is making the hackney go like a zebra; and her damsels are no way behind her, for they all fly like the wind;" which was the truth, for as soon as they saw Dulcinea mounted, they pushed on after her, and sped away without looking back, for more than half a league.
Acomodada, pues, la albarda, y quiriendo don Quijote levantar a su encantada señora en los brazos sobre la jumenta, la señora, levantándose del suelo, le quitó de aquel trabajo, porque, haciéndose algún tanto atrás, tomó una corridica, y, puestas ambas manos sobre las ancas de la pollina, dio con su cuerpo, más ligero que un halcón, sobre la albarda, y quedó a horcajadas, como si fuera hombre; y entonces dijo Sancho: -¡Vive Roque, que es la señora nuestra ama más ligera que un acotán, y que puede enseñar a subir a la jineta al más diestro cordobés o mejicano! El arzón trasero de la silla pasó de un salto, y sin espuelas hace correr la hacanea como una cebra.