They, persuaded that it was grief at finding himself vanquished, and the object of his heart, the liberation and disenchantment of Dulcinea, unattained, that kept him in this state, strove by all the means in their power to cheer him up; the bachelor bidding him take heart and get up to begin his pastoral life, for which he himself, he said, had already composed an eclogue that would take the shine out of all Sannazaro had ever written, and had bought with his own money two famous dogs to guard the flock, one called Barcino and the other Butron, which a herdsman of Quintanar had sold him.
Éstos, creyendo que la pesadumbre de verse vencido y de no ver cumplido su deseo en la libertad y desencanto de Dulcinea le tenía de aquella suerte, por todas las vías posibles procuraban alegrarle, diciéndole el bachiller que se animase y levantase, para comenzar su pastoral ejercicio, para el cual tenía ya compuesta una écloga, que mal año para cuantas Sanazaro había compuesto, y que ya tenía comprados de su propio dinero dos famosos perros para guardar el ganado: el uno llamado Barcino, y el otro Butrón, que se los había vendido un ganadero del Quintanar.