Considering, therefore, the power of the state against which we are marching, and the greatness of the reputation which, according to the event, we shall win or lose for our ancestors and ourselves, remember as you follow where you may be led to regard discipline and vigilance as of the first importance, and to obey with alacrity the orders transmitted to you;
Gu ez goaz defendatzeko gai ez den hiri baten kontra, baizik alderdi guztietatik ongi prestatuta dagoen hiri baten kontra, eta horregatik daitekeena da, oso daitekeena, gure kontra batailan sartzea, ez agian oraindik ailegatu ez garenean, baizik euren lurraldean euren ondasunak deboilatu eta deuseztatzen dihardugula ikustean;