Oh, thou, my squire, pleasant companion in my prosperous and adverse fortunes, fix well in thy memory what thou shalt see me do here, so that thou mayest relate and report it to the sole cause of all," and so saying he dismounted from Rocinante, and in an instant relieved him of saddle and bridle, and giving him a slap on the croup, said, "He gives thee freedom who is bereft of it himself, oh steed as excellent in deed as thou art unfortunate in thy lot; begone where thou wilt, for thou bearest written on thy forehead that neither Astolfo's hippogriff, nor the famed Frontino that cost Bradamante so dear, could equal thee in speed."
Y, diciendo esto, se apeó de Rocinante, y en un momento le quitó el freno y la silla; y, dándole una palmada en las ancas, le dijo: -Libertad te da el que sin ella queda, ¡oh caballo tan estremado por tus obras cuan desdichado por tu suerte! Vete por do quisieres, que en la frente llevas escrito que no te igualó en ligereza el Hipogrifo de Astolfo, ni el nombrado Frontino, que tan caro le costó a Bradamante.