At this Don Quixote could not keep himself from answering; and interposing between the two, and separating them, he placed the pack-saddle on the ground, to lie there in sight until the truth was established, and said, "Your worships may perceive clearly and plainly the error under which this worthy squire lies when he calls a basin which was, is, and shall be the helmet of Mambrino which I won from him in air war, and made myself master of by legitimate and lawful possession.
Aquí no se pudo contener don Quijote sin responder: y, poniéndose entre los dos y apartándoles, depositando la albarda en el suelo, que la tuviese de manifiesto hasta que la verdad se aclarase, dijo: -¡Porque vean vuestras mercedes clara y manifiestamente el error en que está este buen escudero, pues llama bacía a lo que fue, es y será yelmo de Mambrino, el cual se lo quité yo en buena guerra, y me hice señor dél con ligítima y lícita posesión!