So many cities levelled with the ground, so many nations exterminated, so many millions of people fallen by the edge of the sword, and the richest and most beautiful part of the world turned upside down, for the traffic of pearl and pepper?
Hainbat hiri hondaturik, hainbat herri ezeztaturik, hainbat milioi jende ezpatako ahoaz hilik, eta munduko zatirik aberats eta ederrena nahasirik perlen eta piper beltzaren negoziazioagatik!