But in that obscurity and ignorance in which the world then was, every one of these great men endeavoured to present some kind of image or reflection of light, and worked their brains for inventions that might have a pleasant and subtle appearance;
Baina munduko iluntasun eta jakingabezia honetan, pertsonaia handi haietarik bakoitza entseiatu da argi irudi zerbaiten ekartzera, eta beren gogoa ibili dute itxura atsegingarri eta zorrotz bat bederen zeukaten asmamenetan: