and, being in the decline of life, he dreaded the enterprising spirit of a young man, who had conciliated to himself the affections of the people. To change the tide of his passions, and find employment for him elsewhere, he held forth the kingdom of Armenia, as a dazzling and inviting object:
Orduan, Farasmanesek, urteak gainbehera zihoazen beldurrez, aginte gosez eta herriaren begionez inguraturik zegoen mutil hura beste itxaropen batera erakarri nahi zuen eta Armenia erakusten zion, bera ere, partoak bidalirik, Mitridatesi entregatu zitzaiola gogoraturik;