Finding himself alone he so took to heart the thought of his misfortune that by the signs of death he felt within him he knew well his life was drawing to a close, and therefore he resolved to leave behind him a declaration of the cause of his strange end. He began to write, but before he had put down all he meant to say, his breath failed him and he yielded up his life, a victim to the suffering which his ill-advised curiosity had entailed upon him.
Viéndose, pues, solo, comenzó a cargar tanto la imaginación de su desventura, que claramente conoció que se le iba acabando la vida; y así, ordenó de dejar noticia de la causa de su estraña muerte; y, comenzando a escribir, antes que acabase de poner todo lo que quería, le faltó el aliento y dejó la vida en las manos del dolor que le causó su curiosidad impertinente.