That we often put this powder into large hollow balls of iron, and discharged them by an engine into some city we were besieging, which would rip up the pavements, tear the houses to pieces, burst and throw splinters on every side, dashing out the brains of all who came near. That I knew the ingredients very well, which were cheap and common;
Barrutik hutsik zeuden burdinazko bola handietan hauts hura jarri eta inguratua genuen hiriren baten gainera sarritan botatzen genituela tramankulu bidez, zoladurak harrotu, etxeak zati-zati egin eta lehertzean metraila barreiatzen zutelarik, inguruan harrapatzen zituen guztiei burmuinak ateraz.