"These, said he, are the poets, whose chief merit consists in putting good sense in shackles, and in overwhelming reason by a heap of ornaments, as the women were formerly incumbered by the parade of dress.
"Hemen poetak daude, esan zidan, alegia, zentzuari oztopoak ipintzen eta beren hornimendu eta janzkeren pean, garai batean andereak ehorzten ziren bezalaxe, arrazoina estaltzen duten horiek.