Quote | - And made captive that entire country,
- And they humbly kowtowed, making crude sounds
- Bringing back to our august capital,
- Did not even merit the punishment of Heaven.
- Praising the sage-like virtue of the imperial Ming ruler.
- Straight-away, their dens and hideouts we ravaged,
- Thus the august emperor spared their lives,
- These insignificant worms, deserving to die ten thousand times over, trembling in fear...
- Their women, children, families and retainers, leaving not one,
- Cleaning out in a single sweep those noxious pests, as if winnowing chaff from grain...
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