And therefore the offence men take, from contumely, in words, or gesture, when they produce no other harme, than the present griefe of him that is reproached, hath been neglected in the Lawes of the Greeks, Romans, and other both antient, and moderne Common-wealths; supposing the true cause of such griefe to consist, not in the contumely, (which takes no hold upon men conscious of their own Vertue,) but in the Pusillanimity of him that is offended by it.
Eta beraz, gizakumeek laidotik jaso dezaketen ofentsa, dela hitzen edo zeinuen bidez-jasaten duenaren momentuko sumindura beste kalterik eragiten ez duen bitartean-, aintzat hartu ere ez dute egin greziarren eta erromatarren legeek, ezta lehenagoko nahiz oraintsuko Estatuetakoek ere; uste izanik, alegia, sumindura horren benetako kausa ez datzala laidoan (zeina ez baita gertatzen beren buruen balioaz jabeturik dauden pertsonengan), baizik horregatik min hartzen duenaren txepelkerian.