「かくて生れつき心猛（たけ）くそのうえに飲みたる酒の効き目にていっそう力も強きエセルレッドは、まこと頑（かたく）なにして邪（よこしま）なる隠者との談判を待ちかね、おりから肩に雨の降りかかるを覚えて、嵐の来らんことを恐れ、たちまちその鎚矛（つちぼこ）を振り上げていくたびか打ち叩き、間もなく扉の板張りに、籠手（こて）はめたる手の入るほどの穴をぞ穿（うが）ちける。例文帳に追加

"And Ethelred, who was by nature of a doughty heart, and who was now mighty withal, on account of the powerfulness of the wine which he had drunken, waited no longer to hold parley with the hermit, who, in sooth, was of an obstinate and maliceful turn, but, feeling the rain upon his shoulders, and fearing the rising of the tempest, uplifted his mace outright, and, with blows, made quickly room in the plankings of the door for his gauntleted hand ;発音を聞く  - Edgar Allan Poe『アッシャー家の崩壊』