"They who have bows stretch them at such time as they wish to use them, and when they have finished using them they loose them again; for if they were stretched tight always they would break, so that the men would not be able to use them when they needed them.
"Uztaia dutenek, erabili behar dutenean estutu egiten dute, eta erabili dutenean lasatu; zeren, denbora guztian estu balego, hautsi egingo litzaieke, beharrean erabiltzerik ez izateraino.