And do you further observe, that after a man is dead, the body, or visible part of him, which is lying in the visible world, and is called a corpse, and would naturally be dissolved and decomposed and dissipated, is not dissolved or decomposed at once, but may remain for a for some time, nay even for a long time, if the constitution be sound at the time of death, and the season of the year favourable?
-Konturatzen zara, bada-esan zuen-, gizakia hiltzen denean, bere zati ikusgaia eta toki ikusgai batean datzanari, gorputzari, gorpua deitzen diogunari, desegin, usteldu eta barreiatzea dagokionari, ez zaiola segituan horietako ezer gertatzen, baizik eta nahikoa denbora luzean mantentzen dela, eta, norbait gorputza eder eta antzeko sasoian daukala hiltzen bada, oraindik denbora luzeagoan.