I would rather choose to be certainly informed of the conference he had in his tent with some particular friends of his the night before a battle, than of the harangue he made the next day to his army;
Gehiago hautetsiko nuke zinez jakitea, dendan eta gudu baten bezperan, bere adiskide minetarik batekin eduki aitzinusteak, biharamunean bere armadari egin solasak baino;