Since in this way of speaking, nothing is gold but what partakes of an essence, which we, not knowing, cannot know where it is or is not, and so cannot be sure that any parcel of matter in the world is or is not in this sense gold; being incurably ignorant whether IT has of has not that which makes anything to be called gold; i. e. that real essence of gold whereof we have no idea at all.
Mintzatzeko modu honetan, urrea esentzia jakin batean partaide dena baino ez denez eta esentzia hau, ezagutzen ez dugularik zertan datzan jakin ezin dezakegun zerbait denez, ezin dugu ziur jakin inongo materi partikula zentzu honetan urrea den ala ez, ez baitakigu, horretan erremediorik gabeko ezjakitun izaki, zati horrek zerbaiti urrea deitzeko behar dena daukan ala ez daukan, hau da, inondik ere ezagutzen ez dugun urrearen esentzia erreal hori daukan ala ez.