for misfortunes falling upon us and diseases disturbing our happiness make the time of life, though short indeed, seem long: thus, since life is full of trouble, death has become the most acceptable refuge for man; and God, having given him to taste of the sweetness of life, is discovered in this matter to be full of jealousy."
Horrela, bizitzea neketsu bihurtzen denean, heriotza ihesbide oso gogoko gertatzen zaio gizakiari, eta jainkoak, aldiz, bizitzaren gozotasuna dastatzen uzten badigu ere, bere jarreraz argi uzten du zein izakera bekaiztia duen".