With this permission Sancho said to the peasants who stood clustered round him, waiting with open mouths for the decision to come from his, "Brothers, what the fat man requires is not in reason, nor has it a shadow of justice in it; because, if it be true, as they say, that the challenged may choose the weapons, the other has no right to choose such as will prevent and keep him from winning. My decision, therefore, is that the fat challenger prune, peel, thin, trim and correct himself, and take eleven stone of his flesh off his body, here or there, as he pleases, and as suits him best; and being in this way reduced to nine stone weight, he will make himself equal and even with nine stone of his opponent, and they will be able to run on equal terms."
Con esta licencia, dijo Sancho a los labradores, que estaban muchos alrededor dél la boca abierta, esperando la sentencia de la suya: -Hermanos, lo que el gordo pide no lleva camino, ni tiene sombra de justicia alguna; porque si es verdad lo que se dice, que el desafiado puede escoger las armas, no es bien que éste las escoja tales que le impidan ni estorben el salir vencedor; y así, es mi parecer que el gordo desafiador se escamonde, monde, entresaque, pula y atilde, y saque seis arrobas de sus carnes, de aquí o de allí de su cuerpo, como mejor le pareciere y estuviere; y desta manera, quedando en cinco arrobas de peso, se igualará y ajustará con las cinco de su contrario, y así podrán correr igualmente.