They found the page sifting a little barley for his horse, and Sanchica cutting a rasher of bacon to be paved with eggs for his dinner. His looks and his handsome apparel pleased them both greatly; and after they had saluted him courteously, and he them, Samson begged him to give them his news, as well of Don Quixote as of Sancho Panza, for, he said, though they had read the letters from Sancho and her ladyship the duchess, they were still puzzled and could not make out what was meant by Sancho's government, and above all of an island, when all or most of those in the Mediterranean belonged to his Majesty.
Hallaron al paje cribando un poco de cebada para su cabalgadura, y a Sanchica cortando un torrezno para empedrarle con güevos y dar de comer al paje, cuya presencia y buen adorno contentó mucho a los dos; y, después de haberle saludado cortésmente, y él a ellos, le preguntó Sansón les dijese nuevas así de don Quijote como de Sancho Panza; que, puesto que habían leído las cartas de Sancho y de la señora duquesa, todavía estaban confusos y no acababan de atinar qué sería aquello del gobierno de Sancho, y más de una ínsula, siendo todas o las más que hay en el mar Mediterráneo de Su Majestad. A lo que el paje respondió: