for were their doctrine all true, were the right heir of Adam now known, and by that title settled a monarch in his throne, invested with all the absolute unlimited power Sir Robert Filmer talks of; if he should die as soon as his heir were born, must not the child, notwithstanding he were never so free, never so much sovereign, be in subjection to his mother and nurse, to tutors and governors, till age and education brought him reason and ability to govern himself and others?
Beraz, beraien dotrina erabat egiazkoa balitz eta jakingo bagenu egun nor den Adanen oinordeko legitimoa, titulu horren arabera tronuan ezarriko bagenu eta sir Robert Filmerrek aipatzen duen botere absolutu eta mugagabea eskainiko bagenio, orduan ere, jaraunslea jaio bezain pronto hilko balitz erregea, haur horrek, erabat subiranoa eta librea balitz ere, bere amaren eta jagolearen, tutore eta gobernatzaileen menpe egon beharko luke, adinak eta hezkuntzak bere burua eta gainontzeko pertsonak gobernatzeko arrazoia eta gaitasuna dakarkioten artean.