"Here, brother Sancho Panza," said Don Quixote when he saw it, "we may plunge our hands up to the elbows in what they call adventures; but observe, even shouldst thou see me in the greatest danger in the world, thou must not put a hand to thy sword in my defence, unless indeed thou perceivest that those who assail me are rabble or base folk; for in that case thou mayest very properly aid me; but if they be knights it is on no account permitted or allowed thee by the laws of knighthood to help me until thou hast been dubbed a knight."
Mas advierte que, aunque me veas en los mayores peligros del mundo, no has de poner mano a tu espada para defenderme, si ya no vieres que los que me ofenden es canalla y gente baja, que en tal caso bien puedes ayudarme; pero si fueren caballeros, en ninguna manera te es lícito ni concedido por las leyes de caballería que me ayudes, hasta que seas armado caballero.