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 ; 伊若是來齊就要直直去京城處
 * In nāⁿ-sĩ lâi-tsôi chiũ àiⁿ tít-tít khṳ̀ kiaⁿ-siâⁿ--kō;
 * If they all have come out, they will go direct to the capital;


 * 在彼處輸羸贏 [sic]
 * Tõ-hṳ́--kō su-iâⁿ
 * And there, it will be either won or lost.


 * 現時在臺灣處有相刣
 * Hīn-sî tõ Tâi-uân--kō ũ sie-thâi
 * At present there are battles going on in Formosa.


 * 雞籠被荷蘭西打去了
 * Koi-lâng khoih Hô-lan-se phah--khṳ̀-lō
 * Keelung is taken by the French.


 * 在被個炮臺俱皆被伊個戰船霧丢
 * Tõ-hié kâi phâu-thâi lông-tsóng khṳt i kâi chiên-tsûn bū tiòu
 * All the forts there have been bombarded by their war vessels.


 * 伊個船個銃有個大枝過炮臺個
 * I kâi tsûn kâi-chhèng ũ-kâi tūa-ki kùe phâu-thâi--kâi
 * Some of the guns of their ships are larger than those of the forts there.


 * 伊九隻戰船就去霧福州
 * I káu-chiah chièn-tsûn chiũ khṳ̀ bū Hok-chiu
 * They had nine vessels, and they went to bombard Foochow.


 * 唐人個戰船俱皆沉去
 * Tn̂g-nâng kâi chièn-tsûn lóng-tsóng tîm--khṳ̀
 * The Chinese war vessels were all sunk.


 * 不過一隻走去. 一隻發火
 * Put-kùe chék-chiah tsáu--khṳ̀, chék-chiah tóh-húe
 * With the exception of one vessel that escaped, and one vessel on fire.

 Notes&mdash;Religious.


 * 爾禮拜日有去禮拜或無
 * Lṳ́ lói-pài-jít ũ khṳ̀ lói-pài a-bô?
 * Do you go to worship on Sunday?


 * 有. 我每個禮拜去
 * Ũ, uá kâi-kâi lói-pài khṳ̀
 * Yes, I go every Sunday.