However, with those who were under him or near him, and with his colleagues he gained great influence by various devices, and seems to have been the sort of man who would more readily make an emperor than be one.
agerian laudagarri zenuen, ezkutuan entzute txarra zizun, baina menpekoen, ingurukoen, lankideen artean nor eta tira handiko, eta boterea hartzea baino entregatzea errazago izan zuena.