So down he sits, and gets off his boots in a moment, and puts on a pair of pumps (as we call the flat shoes they wear, and which he had in his pocket), gives my other servant his horse, and with his gun away he flew, swift like the wind.
Me dare a voi bel ridere!» Sedutosi tosto per terra, e levatisi gli stivali, cui sostituì un paio di scarpini che avea seco, consegnò il suo cavallo all’altro mio servo; poi si diede a correre a tutte gambe.