Sancho, as he showed the rents in his torn suit to the duchess, observed, "If we had been hunting hares, or after small birds, my coat would have been safe from being in the plight it's in; I don't know what pleasure one can find in lying in wait for an animal that may take your life with his tusk if he gets at you. I recollect having heard an old ballad sung that says,
Sancho, mostrando las llagas a la duquesa de su roto vestido, dijo: -Si esta caza fuera de liebres o de pajarillos, seguro estuviera mi sayo de verse en este estremo. Yo no sé qué gusto se recibe de esperar a un animal que, si os alcanza con un colmillo, os puede quitar la vida; yo me acuerdo haber oído cantar un romance antiguo que dice: