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.
Entonces, mi salvaje, que ya podía llamarle así, me pidió con un gesto que le prestase el sable que colgaba desnudo de mi cinturón. Se lo di y, tan pronto como lo tuvo en sus manos, se abalanzó sobre su enemigo y le cortó la cabeza de un golpe tan certero, que ni el más rápido y diestro verdugo de Alemania, lo hubiese podido hacer mejor.