If this has been done by the command of the magician king your father, through fear that I should not afford you the aid you need and are entitled to, I may tell you he did not know and does not know half the mass, and was little versed in the annals of chivalry; for, if he had read and gone through them as attentively and deliberately as I have, he would have found at every turn that knights of less renown than mine have accomplished things more difficult: it is no great matter to kill a whelp of a giant, however arrogant he may be; for it is not many hours since I myself was engaged with one, and-I will not speak of it, that they may not say I am lying; time, however, that reveals all, will tell the tale when we least expect it."
Si esto ha sido por orden del rey nigromante de vuestro padre, temeroso que yo no os diese la necesaria y debida ayuda, digo que no supo ni sabe de la misa la media, y que fue poco versado en las historias caballerescas, porque si él las hubiera leído y pasado tan atentamente y con tanto espacio como yo las pasé y leí, hallara a cada paso cómo otros caballeros de menor fama que la mía habían acabado cosas más dificultosas, no siéndolo mucho matar a un gigantillo, por arrogante que sea; porque no ha muchas horas que yo me vi con él, y... quiero callar, porque no me digan que miento; pero el tiempo, descubridor de todas las cosas, lo dirá cuando menos lo pensemos.