火绳枪是很笨重的武器，使士兵在行军途中很容易疲劳，而且他们的射击精度很不稳定，纵使只经过了半个小时。

The arquebus is a very heavy weapon compared with the bow, and tires out soldiers on the march; their aims grow unsteady after half an hour's rapid firing.

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女佣人说着，交给士兵一把锋利的菜刀。士兵出去把那个可怜的犯人的右手砍下来，交给了女佣人。然后，他们又把猫抓住，把猫的眼睛剜出来。现在只缺个心了。

So the girl gave him a sharp knife and he went outside, cut the poor sinner's right hand off and brought it in. Then he seized the cat and gouged out its eyes; now all that was needed was the heart.

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