He knew, I by experience, tJtat he had to do with a people prone to change; cowards in the hour of danger, but, if occasion offered, prepared, by their natural genius, for a stroke of perfidy. At the sight of the Roman eagles the Armenians were variously affected. They submitted with humble supplications; they fled from their villages;
Armadarekin harantz doa, beraz, ez gerra gisan, barkamenaren itxaropena ez mozteko, baina bigunegi ere ez, herri hura erraz aldatzekoa zela jakinik, arriskuan koldar bezain okasioan gutxi fidatzekoa.