for, if they were, so many rare and excellent souls, and so abundantly furnished with natural force, in former ages, could not have failed, by their reason, to arrive at this knowledge.
eta, izan balira ere, hainbat gogo arraro eta bikainek, aitzineko mendeetan indar naturalez hain nasaiki horniturik, ez zuketen huts egin beren arrazoibideaz ezagutza horretara heltzeko.