And I ask whether a blind man, who distinguished his years either by the heat of summer, or cold of winter; by the smell of any flower of the spring, or taste of any fruit of the autumn, would not have a better measure of time than the Romans had before the reformation of their calendar by Julius Caesar, or many other people, whose years, notwithstanding the motion of the sun, which they pretended to make use of, are very irregular?
Eta galdetzen dut ea itsu batek, bere urteak udako beroaren edo neguko hotsaren bidez, udaberriko loraren baten usainaren edo udazkeneko fruitaren baten zaporearen bidez bereizten dituenak, ez dukeen denboraren neurri hoberik, erromatarrek Julio Zesarrek egindako egutegiaren erreforma aurretik ukan zutena baino, edo, eguzkiaren higidurez baliatzen saiatu arren, urte oso irregularrak zituzten beste herri askok baino?