What would have become of the finest monarchy in the world if the magistrates, by their delays, their complaints and entreaties, had not checked the rapidity even of their princes' virtues, when these monarchs, consulting only the generous impulse of their minds, would fain have given a boundless reward to services performed with an unlimited courage and fidelity?
Zer gertatuko zitzaiokeen munduko monarkiarik ederrenari baldin eta magistratuek, beren geldotasunaren, beren kexuen, beren eskarien bidez, erregearen bertuteen suharra geldiarazi ez balute?; errege horiek, beren arima handia besterik kontsultatu gabe, neurri gabe saritu nahi izan balituzte suhartasun eta leialtasun halaber neurrigabez egindako zerbitzuak?