After having in vain endeavoured to select the most beaten path, in hopes it might lead to the cottage of some herdsman, or the silvan lodge of a forester, and having repeatedly found himself totally unable to determine on a choice, the knight resolved to trust to the sagacity of his horse; experience having, on former occasions, made him acquainted with the wonderful talent possessed by these animals for extricating themselves and their riders on such emergencies.
De hiába erőlködött, nem jutott semmire, és végül elhatározta, hogy lova okosságára bízza magát. Régebbi tapasztalataiból tudta, milyen csodálatos ösztön segíti a lovakat, hogy ilyen helyzetből kivergődjenek.