"This singer, dear senora, is the son of a gentleman of Aragon, lord of two villages, who lives opposite my father's house at Madrid; and though my father had curtains to the windows of his house in winter, and lattice-work in summer, in some way—I know not how—this gentleman, who was pursuing his studies, saw me, whether in church or elsewhere, I cannot tell, and, in fact, fell in love with me, and gave me to know it from the windows of his house, with so many signs and tears that I was forced to believe him, and even to love him, without knowing what it was he wanted of me.
-Este que canta, señora mía, es un hijo de un caballero natural del reino de Aragón, señor de dos lugares, el cual vivía frontero de la casa de mi padre en la Corte; y, aunque mi padre tenía las ventanas de su casa con lienzos en el invierno y celosías en el verano, yo no sé lo que fue, ni lo que no, que este caballero, que andaba al estudio, me vio, ni sé si en la iglesia o en otra parte. Finalmente, él se enamoró de mí, y me lo dio a entender desde las ventanas de su casa con tantas señas y con tantas lágrimas, que yo le hube de creer, y aun querer, sin saber lo que me quería.