He no sooner had it, but he runs to his enemy, and at one blow cut off his head so cleverly, no executioner in Germany could have done it sooner or better; which I thought very strange for one who, I had reason to believe, never saw a sword in his life before, except their own wooden swords: however, it seems, as I learned afterwards, they make their wooden swords so sharp, so heavy, and the wood is so hard, that they will even cut off heads with them, ay, and arms, and that at one blow, too.
Dit verwonderde mij van iemand, die zeker nooit geen andere sabel gezien had dan de houten zwaarden, die deze volken gebruiken. Het schijnt echter, gelijk ik naderhand vernam, dat zij hunne houten sabels zoo scherp en zoo zwaar maken, en dat het hout zoo hard is, dat zij er met een slag een arm of been mede kunnen afhouwen.