Now, if we attentively consider the situation which the kingdom was in at that time, when every lord was puffed up with the notion of his sovereignty and power, we shall find that to attempt a general alteration of the received laws and customs must be a thing that could never enter into the heads of those who were then in the administration.
Hortaz, erresuma garai hartan nola zegoen erreparatzen badiogu, non bakoitza bere soberanotasunaz eta botereaz mozkortzen baitzen, bistan da aurrekoengandik jasotako lege eta usadioak alde guztietan aldatu nahi izatea gobernatzen zutenen pentsabidearekin bat ez zetorren zerbait zela.