This prediction gained credit, and the death of the emperor being, by consequence, thought near at hand, numbers, who had been bold enough to circulate the rumour, brought on their own destruction. That the prince should remain, during the space of eleven years, a voluntary exile from the seat of government, was an event beyond the reach of human foresight.
Horixe izan zen haren biziaren azken azkarra irudikatzen eta zabaltzen ibili ziren askoren hondamena; ezin zuten hain kasu sinestezinik aurreikusi, hamaika urtetan sorterriaz nahita gabetzea, alegia.