For I have often tried the judgments as well of those whom I esteem'd my friends, as of others whom I thought indifferent, and even also of some, whose malignity and envie did sufficiently discover what the affection of my friends might hide.
Zeren, dagoeneko sarritan jasan ditut zenbaiten irizpenak, bai adiskidetzat nituenenak, bai nirekiko ezaxolatzat nituenenak, eta baita beste zenbaitenak ere, zeintzuk gaiztotasunagatik eta bekaizkeriagatik biziki saiatuko ziren aurkitzen nire adiskideek estimaren eraginagatik aurkitu ezingo zutena.