but there conquerors take little care to possess themselves of the lands of the vanquished, No damage therefore, that men in the state of nature (as all princes and governments are in reference to one another) suffer from one another, can give a conqueror power to dispossess the posterity of the vanquished, and turn them out of that inheritance, which ought to be the possession of them and their descendants to all generations.
Hala ere, kasu honetan, irabazleek ez dituzte normalean gailendutakoen lurrak hartzen. Horrela, bada, naturazko egoeran (eta printze eta gobernu guztiak egoera honetan daude elkarren artean) inork ezin diezaioke beste bati kalte egin, honen konponbideak gailenduaren jaraunsleak jabetzarik gabe utziko baditu, eta beraiena eta ondorengoena hainbat belaunalditan zehar dirauen jaraunspen batez gabetuz gero.