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.
Erre ő néhány szót intézett hozzám, amelyeket ugyan nem értettem, mégis nagy örömmel hallgattam, mert huszonöt év után ez volt az első emberi beszéd, amit alkalmam nyílt hallani. Közben az ellenség már felült.