As to the relationship betwixt us and beasts, I do not much admit of it; nor of that which several nations, and those among the most ancient and most noble, have practised, who have not only received brutes into their society and companionship, but have given them a rank infinitely above themselves, esteeming them one while familiars and favourites of the gods, and having them in more than human reverence and respect;
Gure eta ihizien arteko lehengusutasun horri buruz, ez dut kontu handirik egiten; ez eta herri askok, bereziki zahar eta nobleenek, ez dutela bakarrik ihiziak onartu beren lagungo eta harremanetan, baina eman dietela beren buruaren hagitz gaineko maila bat, inoiz ere beren jainkoen ahaideak eta faboritoak kontsideratuz, eta haien alde edukiz begirune eta errespetu gizagaindiko bat;