The decision was honourable to Cotta; a man, it is true, of illustrious birth, but beggared by his vices, and for the profligacy of his manners universally abhorred. The redress, which he now obtained, placed him on a level with the unblemished excellence that distinguished the character of Arruntius.
Horrela, Kottari ohorerik handiena egin zitzaion, zeren, noblea izan arren, larkerian lurjorik eta gaiztakeriengatik lotsagarri, Arruntzio txit prestuaren portaerarekin berdindurik aurkitzen baitzen, zigorraren duintasunez.