And 'tis now eight years since this desire made me resolve to estrange my self from all places where I might have any acquaintance, and so retire my self hither in a Country where the long continuance of the warre hath established such orders, that the Armies which are intertain'd there, seem to serve onely to make the inhabitants enjoy the fruits of peace with so much the more security; and where amongst the croud of a great people more active and solicitous for their own affaires, then curious of other mens, not wanting any of those necessaries which are in the most frequented Towns, I could live as solitary and retired as in the most remote deserts.
Gurari hau zela eta oraintxe dela zortzi urte erabaki nuen ezagunik izan nezakeen edozein lekutik urruntzea eta hona erretiratzea, hau da, bertako armadak (guduaren iraupen luzearen eraginez ezarri den aginduengatik) bakearen fruituez segurtasun handiagoz gozatzeko balio duela ematen duen herri batera. Eta inoren gauzez baino bere gauzez kezkatua dagoen herri handi eta langile honetako jendearen artean bizi ahal izan naiz, basamorturik baztertuenean bezain bakarrik eta erretiratua, herririk jendeztatuenetan dauden ezein erosotasunen falta izan gabe.