If a prince sends forces into a nation, where the people are poor and ignorant, he may lawfully put half of them to death, and make slaves of the rest, in order to civilize and reduce them from their barbarous way of living.
Jende pobre eta ezjakina duen nazio batera bidaltzen baditu printzeak bere indarrak, legezko zaio erdiak garbitzea eta gainerakoak esklabo bihurtzea, zibilizatzeko eta bizimodu basati hartatik ateratzeko.