Don Quixote took it, and without perceiving what was in it thrust it down in hot haste upon his head; but as the curds were pressed and squeezed the whey began to run all over his face and beard, whereat he was so startled that he cried out to Sancho:
Tomóla don Quijote, y, sin que echase de ver lo que dentro venía, con toda priesa se la encajó en la cabeza; y, como los requesones se apretaron y exprimieron, comenzó a correr el suero por todo el rostro y barbas de don Quijote, de lo que recibió tal susto, que dijo a Sancho: