"I have seen bright minds express astonishment at the masterpieces of Dutch painters born at the height of the bloody wars in Flanders, be amazed by the prayers of Silesian mystics brought up during the frightful Thirty Years' War.
Flandriako gerra odoltsuen bihotzean jaioriko holandar pintatzaileen maisulanen aurrean, izpiritu onak ikusi ditut miretsirik, eta Hogeita Hamar Urteetako Gerra ikaragarriaren baitan heziriko Silesiar mistikoen otoitzekin hunkituak ere bai.