But if you ask me why I appear before you in this strange dress, be pleased to lend me your ears, and I'll tell you; not those ears, I mean, you carry to church, but abroad with you, such as you are wont to prick up to jugglers, fools, and buffoons, and such as our friend Midas once gave to Pan.
baina niri ez didazue entzun behar predikariei jartzen dizkiezuen belarriekin, feriako berbontziei, koblakari eta bufoiei entzuten dizkiezuenekin baino, gure Midasek antzina Pani entzuten zizkion belarriekin alajaina.