There were vassals, because there were trusty men who being bound by their word engaged to follow the prince to the field, and did very nearly the same service as was afterwards performed for the fiefs.
Basailuak zeuden, beren hitzaz lotutako gizon leialak zeudelako, gerrarako zirenak, eta gutxi gorabehera gerora feudoetan egingo zuten zerbitzu bera egiten zutenak.