XVI. If the narrative, in which I am engaged, presented a detail of foreign wars, and a register of men who died with honour in the service of their country, even in that case, a continued train of disasters, crowding fast upon one another, would fatigue the writer,, and make the reader turn, with disgust, from so many tragic issues, honourable indeed, but dark, melancholy, and too much of a colour.
16. Kanpo-gerrak eta errepublikak jasaniko heriotzak, denak hain antzekoak, kontatzen banihardu ere, neu nazkaturik eta besteen gogaita itxaron behar nuke, hiritarren heriotza, nahiz eta aintzatsu, hala ere penagarri eta etengabeekin asperturik.