As soon as the ruffians approached, he desired' a short delay, that he might write the sentiments of a dying man to his wife Alliaria. Having despatched that business, he presented his neck to the murderers' stroke:
Haiek iristean, denbora apur bat eskatu zuen, gutun batez, Aliaria emazteari azken gogoa igortzeko, eta gero lepoa eskaini zien borreroei.