"Friend Sancho," said the duke at this, "the island that I have promised you is not a moving one, or one that will run away; it has roots so deeply buried in the bowels of the earth that it will be no easy matter to pluck it up or shift it from where it is; you know as well as I do that there is no sort of office of any importance that is not obtained by a bribe of some kind, great or small; well then, that which I look to receive for this government is that you go with your master Don Quixote, and bring this memorable adventure to a conclusion; and whether you return on Clavileno as quickly as his speed seems to promise, or adverse fortune brings you back on foot travelling as a pilgrim from hostel to hostel and from inn to inn, you will always find your island on your return where you left it, and your islanders with the same eagerness they have always had to receive you as their governor, and my good-will will remain the same; doubt not the truth of this, Senor Sancho, for that would be grievously wronging my disposition to serve you."
A lo que el duque dijo: -Sancho amigo, la ínsula que yo os he prometido no es movible ni fugitiva: raíces tiene tan hondas, echadas en los abismos de la tierra, que no la arrancarán ni mudarán de donde está a tres tirones; y, pues vos sabéis que sé yo que no hay ninguno género de oficio destos de mayor cantía que no se granjee con alguna suerte de cohecho, cuál más, cuál menos, el que yo quiero llevar por este gobierno es que vais con vuestro señor don Quijote a dar cima y cabo a esta memorable aventura; que ahora volváis sobre Clavileño con la brevedad que su ligereza promete, ora la contraria fortuna os traiga y vuelva a pie, hecho romero, de mesón en mesón y de venta en venta, siempre que volviéredes hallaréis vuestra ínsula donde la dejáis, y a vuestros insulanos con el mesmo deseo de recebiros por su gobernador que siempre han tenido, y mi voluntad será la mesma; y no pongáis duda en esta verdad, señor Sancho, que sería hacer notorio agravio al deseo que de serviros tengo.