At other times the power of the monarch or the weakness of the people, without stripping the nobility of their fortune, compels them to stand aloof from the administration of affairs, and whilst the road to mighty enterprise is closed, abandons them to the inquietude of their own desires;
Beste batzuetan, printzearen indarrak edo herriaren ahuleziak botererik aldentzera behartzen ditu nobleak, aberastasunaz gabetu gabe, eta, eginkizun handietarako bidea ixtean, beren grinaldien menpe uzten ditu;