From the same it is, that in every Christian State there are certaine men, that are exempt, by Ecclesiasticall liberty, from the tributes, and from the tribunals of the Civil State; for so are the secular Clergy, besides Monks and Friars, which in many places, bear so great a proportion to the common people, as if need were, there might be raised out of them alone, an Army, sufficient for any warre the Church militant should imploy them in, against their owne, or other Princes.
Halaber, hortixe bertotik dator, Estatu kristau bakoitzean gizon batzuk zergak ordaintzetik eta Estatuaren auzitegietatik salbuetsirik egotea ere. Egoera horrexetan daude, egon ere, monje eta fraideez gain, klero sekularrekoak ere, toki askotan populazioaren zati hain handia direlarik, non, behar izanez gero, beraiekin bakarrik osa daitekeen armada bat, Eliza militanteak bere printzeen edo atzerrikoen kontrako gerran erabiltzeko modukoa.