As they were preparing to make him set out the third time our young hero, unable to support it any longer, begged as a favor that they would be so obliging as to shoot him through the head; the favor being granted, a bandage was tied over his eyes, and he was made to kneel down. At that very instant, His Bulgarian Majesty happening to pass by made a stop, and inquired into the delinquent's crime, and being a prince of great penetration, he found, from what he heard of Candide, that he was a young metaphysician, entirely ignorant of the world; and therefore, out of his great clemency, he condescended to pardon him, for which his name will be celebrated in every journal, and in every age.
Iban á proceder á la tercera tanda, quando Candido no pudiendo aguantar mas pidió por favor que se le hicieran de levantarle la tapa de los sesos; y habiendo conseguido tan señalada merced, le estaban vendando los ojos, y le hacían hincarse de rodillas, quando acertó á pasar el rey de los Bulgaros, que informándose del delito del paciente, como era este rey sugeto de mucho ingenio, por todo quanto de Candido le dixéron, echó de ver que era un aprendiz de metafísica muy bisoño en las cosas de este mundo, y le otorgó el perdon con una clemencia que fué muy loada en todas las gacetas, y lo será en todos los siglos.