The other is, that before I was afflicted with the stone, hearing that the blood of a he-goat was with many in very great esteem, and looked upon as a celestial manna rained down upon these latter ages for the good and preservation of the lives of men, and having heard it spoken of by men of understanding for an admirable drug, and of infallible operation; I, who have ever thought myself subject to all the accidents that can befall other men, had a mind, in my perfect health, to furnish myself with this miracle, and therefore gave order to have a goat fed at home according to the recipe: for he must be taken in the hottest month of all summer, and must only have aperitive herbs given him to eat, and white wine to drink.
Bestea, neure menpekotasun legartzua baino lehenago, batzuei akerraren odolaz, giza biziaren gorde eta iraupenerako zeruko mana igorri batez bezala, kasu egiten entzunik, eta adimeneko jendeei droga miresgarri eta ondorio hutsgabeko batez bezala mintzatzen aditurik; nik, beti uste izan baitut beste edozein gizoni dagozkiokeen ezbehar ororen gai nintzela, osasun minean mirakulu hartaz baliatzeko atsegina hartu nuen, eta etxean manatu nuen bazka zekidan aker bat moldearen arabera: