Yet amid these accumulated distresses, the poor as well as the rich, the vulgar as well as the noble, in the event of a tournament, which was the grand spectacle of that age, felt as much interested as the half-starved citizen of Madrid, who has not a real left to buy provisions for his family, feels in the issue of a bull-feast.
De még e sokféle nyomorúság közepette is óriási érdeklődés nyilvánult meg a vitézi torna iránt, amely annak a kornak a legfőbb látványossága volt. Ebben a tekintetben a szegények nem maradtak hátra a gazdagok - a köznép a nemesség mögött.