Back to document 6. Note that there is no danger whatsoever of the punishments invoked becoming true. Lucindo is playing with truth and illusion. Back to document 7. The humor resides in the irony of this scene.
Nothing is more likely to arouse a public to laughter than the sight of two women in open battle.
The humor is increased because the public is quite aware that one of the ladies is a male in disguise who, by convention, cannot fight back. Back to document 8. Lucindo shows that all he wanted was to win the battle, he cared nothing at all for the reward for having won.