In the end the tusked boar fell pierced by the blades of the many spears they held in front of him; and Don Quixote, turning round at the cries of Sancho, for he knew by them that it was he, saw him hanging from the oak head downwards, with Dapple, who did not forsake him in his distress, close beside him; and Cide Hamete observes that he seldom saw Sancho Panza without seeing Dapple, or Dapple without seeing Sancho Panza; such was their attachment and loyalty one to the other.
Finalmente, el colmilludo jabalí quedó atravesado de las cuchillas de muchos venablos que se le pusieron delante; y, volviendo la cabeza don Quijote a los gritos de Sancho, que ya por ellos le había conocido, viole pendiente de la encina y la cabeza abajo, y al rucio junto a él, que no le desamparó en su calamidad; y dice Cide Hamete que pocas veces vio a Sancho Panza sin ver al rucio, ni al rucio sin ver a Sancho: tal era la amistad y buena fe que entre los dos se guardaban.