The goatherd's talk amused all who heard it, but especially the canon, who said to him, "As you live, brother, take it easy, and be not in such a hurry to drive this goat back to the fold; for, being a female, as you say, she will follow her natural instinct in spite of all you can do to prevent it. Take this morsel and drink a sup, and that will soothe your irritation, and in the meantime the goat will rest herself," and so saying, he handed him the loins of a cold rabbit on a fork.
Contento dieron las palabras del cabrero a los que las oyeron, especialmente al canónigo, que le dijo: -Por vida vuestra, hermano, que os soseguéis un poco y no os acuciéis en volver tan presto esa cabra a su rebaño; que, pues ella es hembra, como vos decís, ha de seguir su natural distinto, por más que vos os pongáis a estorbarlo. Tomad este bocado y bebed una vez, con que templaréis la cólera, y en tanto, descansará la cabra.