It is said of him, that he, without assistance, learned to reckon upon his fingers; and that even at four years of age, he distinguished metals so well, that his mother once offering him a tin ring instead of a gold one, he perceived the deceit, and threw it upon the ground.
Diotenez, bakarrik ikasi zuen eriekin kontatzen eta lau urte zituela, jada metalak hain ongi bereizten zituen, ezen amak urrezko eraztun bat eman ordez letoinezkoa eman ziolarik, engainua ezagutu eta lurrera bota zuen.