If that state of things continued, the moment was approaching when our peasant populations, tired of supporting our burdensome military machine, would end by preferring the barbarians.
Gauzak era hartara jarraituz gero, nekazari baketsu haiek, gure gerla-makina astuna pairatu beharraren beharraz gogait eginik, guri destaina egin eta barbaroen alde jarriko zirèn eguna ez zen asko luzatuko.