We find difficulty at first in conceiving how a prince who was possessed of several good qualities, who had some knowledge, who had a natural disposition to virtue, and who, in short, was the son of Charlemagne, could have such a number of enemies, so impetuous and implacable as even to insult him in his humiliation and to be determined upon his ruin;
Lanak ditu ulertzeak nola printze batek, zenbait tasun on izanik, buru argia falta ez zitzaiolarik, berez ona maite zuelarik eta, dena esateko, Karlomagnoren seme izanik, hainbeste etsai izan zituen, hain gogorrak, hain amorratuak, hain irrikatzen hari irain egiteko, hain lotsagabeak hura umiliatzean, hain erabakiak hura galbidean jartzera;