In what words shall I describe this dread exploit, by what language shall I make it credible to ages to come, what eulogies are there unmeet for thee, though they be hyperboles piled on hyperboles! On foot, alone, undaunted, high-souled, with but a simple sword, and that no trenchant blade of the Perrillo brand, a shield, but no bright polished steel one, there stoodst thou, biding and awaiting the two fiercest lions that Africa's forests ever bred!
Tú a pie, tú solo, tú intrépido, tú magnánimo, con sola una espada, y no de las del perrillo cortadoras, con un escudo no de muy luciente y limpio acero, estás aguardando y atendiendo los dos más fieros leones que jamás criaron las africanas selvas.