I have seen a whole people, amongst whom generosity, probity, candour, and uprightness, had long been considered as qualities natural to them, become all on a sudden the most despicable people upon the face of the earth;
Herri osoa ikusi dut, berez, betidanik kalitate naturaltzat zituen emankortasuna, zuzentasuna, sinpletasuna eta fede ona, bat-batean galduz, herrietarik azkena izatera iristen;