For my own part, while I am ready to admit that a few people may have tacitly wished for peace instead of civil war, or for a good and virtuous emperor instead of two who were the worst of criminals, yet I imagine that Paulinus was much too wise to hope that in a time of universal corruption the people would show such moderation. Those who had sacrificed peace in a passion for war were not likely to stop the war from any affection for peace. Nor was it possible that armies whose language and characteristics differed so widely should ever come to such an agreement.
Nik neuk, banaka batzuek, gogo isilean, gerra ordez bakea, hain txar eta lotsagarrien ordez printze ona eta errugabea bilatu zutela onartzeko gertu egonik ere, ez dut uste, ostera, ez Paulinok itxarongo zuenik, zeukan argitasunean, hain aro ustelean bulgoarengan hainbesteko moderaziorik, ezen bakea gerra gogoz irauli zutenek gerra bakearen maitasunez utz zezaten, ez armadak, hizkuntza eta ohituretan ezberdinak, halako itunean bil zitezkeenik, edo legatuek eta buruzagiek, euren larkerien, pobreziaren eta krimenen ohartun gehienbat, printze orbangabe eta euren zerbitzura behartu gaberik jasango zutenik.