as we read of the Emperor Theophilus, who, in a battle he lost against the Agarenes, was so astonished and stupefied that he had no power to fly-"Adeo pavor etiam auxilia formidat"-till such time as Manuel, one of the principal commanders of his army, having jogged and shaked him so as to rouse him out of his trance, said to him, "Sir, if you will not follow me, I will kill you;
Pirron filosofoak, erauntsi handi baten erdian itsasuntzi batean zegoelarik, kuraiatzen zituen bere ondoan ikaraturik zeudenak hantxe zegoen txerri bat erakutsiz, hura guziz ezaxolatua baitzen ekaitzari buruz.