Again, woe is me, hapless that I am! it was not verses that conquered me, but my own simplicity; it was not music made me yield, but my own imprudence; my own great ignorance and little caution opened the way and cleared the path for Don Clavijo's advances, for that was the name of the gentleman I have referred to; and so, with my help as go-between, he found his way many a time into the chamber of the deceived Antonomasia (deceived not by him but by me) under the title of a lawful husband; for, sinner though I was, would not have allowed him to approach the edge of her shoe-sole without being her husband.
¡Ay de mí, otra vez, sin ventura!, que no me rindieron los versos, sino mi simplicidad; no me ablandaron las músicas, sino mi liviandad: mi mucha ignorancia y mi poco advertimiento abrieron el camino y desembarazaron la senda a los pasos de don Clavijo, que éste es el nombre del referido caballero; y así, siendo yo la medianera, él se halló una y muy muchas veces en la estancia de la por mí, y no por él, engañada Antonomasia, debajo del título de verdadero esposo; que, aunque pecadora, no consintiera que sin ser su marido la llegara a la vira de la suela de sus zapatillas.