though for a man who has no office or express command to call him out, to sit still I hold it more excusable (and yet I do not excuse myself upon these terms) than in foreign expeditions, to which, however, according to our laws, no man is pressed against his will.
Baina ez kargurik ez hertsatzen duen manu adierazirik ez duenari ekintzan ez sartzea barkagarriago aurkitzen diot (eta ez dut neuretzat desenkusa hori erabiltzen) gerra arrotzetan baino, nahiz eta hauetan, gure legeen arabera, ez da nahasten nahi ez duena.