The Egyptian Conjurers, that are said to have turned their Rods to Serpents, and the Water into Bloud, are thought but to have deluded the senses of the Spectators by a false shew of things, yet are esteemed Enchanters: But what should wee have thought of them, if there had appeared in their Rods nothing like a Serpent, and in the Water enchanted, nothing like Bloud, nor like any thing else but Water, but that they had faced down the King, that they were Serpents that looked like Rods, and that it was Bloud that seemed Water?
Egiptoar konjuratzaileek, beren makilak suge eta ura odol bihurtu omen zituztenek, amarruren bat bitarteko ikusleen zentzuak engainatu zituztela uste da, baina, hala ere, enkantatzailetzat hartzen ditugu. Baina zer uste izan genukeen haiei buruz haien makiletatik sugearen antzekorik ezer eta uretik odolaren antzekorik ezer agertu ez balitz, eta erregea nahasten ari izan balira, makilak ziruditen sugeak eta ura zirudien odola erakutsiz?