Valderrábano’s rubric indicates that “Here follow two proverbs taken from the holy scriptures, they have to be played in proportion. Third grade (of difficulty)”. In the contents he gives the piece as a villancico. The reference to proportion is the indication that the setting is in triple time. The music is composed in four voices, and appears to be original with music that seems very well crafted to fit the instrument. The melody is in the lowest voice, but traverses a full octave, with melodic characteristics of a polyphonic bass, especially the several descending fifth leaps to the final. The origin of the text has not been established.