but the greater number being their subjects, while they were treating us as equals, they would naturally chafe under this solitary instance of independence as contrasted with the submission of the majority; particularly as they daily grew more powerful, and we more destitute.
adiskidetasunak baino gehiago beldurrak lotzen gintuelako ginen aliatuak, eta segurtasunetik konfiantza hartzen zuen biotako lehenengoa izango zen aliantza urratzen lehena.