"That he could not take the blows away as he had already received them, but he did wish his reputation to be saved, and thus he had gathered together all the colleagues from his trade who, acquainted with the case, had subscribed to the following conclusions which he wanted me to know, precisely in front of the authority who had ruled against him.
Que los palos no podía quitárselos porque ya los había recibido, pero sí quería que su prestigio quedara a salvo, por lo cual había reunido a todos los de su gremio que, conociendo el caso, habían suscrito las siguientes conclusiones que quería conociera yo, precisamente delante de la autoridad que lo había juzgado.