All the trees were stripped of their leaves and shattered; the beasts in the field lay dead; many of the herdsmen had also been killed; we observed large quantities of hailstones which could not have been grasped with two hands. ” ​ — Autobiography (Book II, 50), Harvard Classics, Volume 31, pages 352 - 3.
Visi koki bija palikuši bez lapām un sakapāti, lopi gulēja zemē beigti, arī daudzi gani bija gājuši bojā; mēs redzējām daudzus krusas graudus, ko nevarēja satvert ar abām rokām. ” ( Autobiogrāfija, II grāmata, 50., Harvard Classics, 31. sējums, 352., 353. lpp.)