And whereas the knowledge they had had of my late father, and the honour they had for his memory, had alone incited them to confer this favour upon me, I plainly told them that I should be very sorry anything should make so great an impression upon me as their affairs and the concerns of their city had made upon him, whilst he held the government to which they had preferred me.
Eta nola bakarrik nire aita zenaren ezagutzak eta bere oroimenaren ohoreak bulkatu baitzituen horretara, arras garbiki gehitu nien hagitz atsekabeturik nintzatekeela baldin eta edozein gauzak nire nahimenean egiten bazuen harenean behiala hiriko eginkizunek, izendatu ninduten leku bereko gobernuan zegoen artean, egin zuten bezainbateko eraginik.