the taking of which he had formerly had some idea of; and when death snatched him away, in the flower of his youth, and at a time when he had acquired the reputation of one of the greatest Princes of his age, the only regret he had to part with life was, that he had not been able to execute so noble a resolution, the success whereof he thought infallible from the great care he had taken about it.
Rodas menderatzeko gogoa egin zitzaion. Lehendik ere izan zuen asmo hori. Eta gaztetasunaren lorean, mende hartako printze handienetako baten sona erdietsi zuen unean Heriok mundutik eraman zuenean, bizia galtzeak sortu zion atsekabe bakarra hain asmo ederra gauzatzerik ez izana iruditu zitzaion, segurtzat baitzeukan horren arrakasta, hartuak zituen arta guztiei esker.