I am mightily pleased with the humour of him, who having a man brought before him that had learned to throw a grain of millet with such dexterity and assurance as never to miss the eye of a needle; and being afterwards entreated to give something for the reward of so rare a performance, he pleasantly, and in my opinion justly, ordered a certain number of bushels of the same grain to be delivered to him, that he might not want wherewith to exercise so famous an art.
Iritzi ona aurkitzen dut harako harena: azaldu zitzaion lagun bat halako moldez trebatua eskuarekin arto xehe pikor baten aurtikitzean non, hutsik gabe, aldiro pasatzen baitzuen orratz baten zilotik, eta gero eskatu zion halako zientzia bitxi horren ordaintzeko opariren bat; orduan manatu zuen, hagitz grazioski, eta zuzenki nere iduriko, emateko langile hari bizpahiru erregu arto xehe, amoregatik eta halako artea ez zedin ariketarik gabe geldi.