So saying, they handcuffed him, and carried him away to the regiment. There he was made to wheel about to the right, to the left, to draw his rammer, to return his rammer, to present, to fire, to march, and they gave him thirty blows with a cane; the next day he performed his exercise a little better, and they gave him but twenty; the day following he came off with ten, and was looked upon as a young fellow of surprising genius by all his comrades.
Echáronle al punto un grillete al pié, y se le lleváron al regimiento, donde le hiciéron volverse á derecha y á izquierda, meter la baqueta, sacar la baqueta, apuntar, hacer fuego, acelerar el paso, y le diéron treinta palos: al otro dia hizo el exercicio algo ménos jual, y no le diéron mas de veinte; al tercero, llevó solamente diez, y le tuviéron sus camaradas por un portento.