Of the state of things when every little town was obliged to have its walls and moats, when the castle of the nobleman was built in a swamp, and the smallest manor-houses were only accessible by a draw-bridge, we are scarcely able to form a conception.
Hiri txiki orok bere murruak eta hobiak izan behar zituen garai haietaz, zeinean jauregian oraindik zingiretan eraikitzen baitziren eta gaztelurik kaxkarrenek ere zubi altxagarrizko sarbide izaten baitzuten, hartaz ozta-ozta izan dezakegu ideia bat ere.