the Romans, says he, were from all antiquity accustomed to leave the kings they had subdued in possession of their kingdoms under their authority. "Ut haberent instruments servitutis et reges."
"Erromatarrek, dio, betiko zaharrarotik, erauziak zituzten erregeak haien erresumen jabegoan uzteko ohitura zeukaten, beren manakuntzapean, erregeak berak zerbitzaritzako tresnatzat eduki zitzaten amoreagatik:ut haberet instrumenta servitutis et reges.