The examples of his sweetness and clemency to those by whom he had been offended are infinite; I mean, besides those he gave during the time of the civil wars, which, as plainly enough appears by his writings, he practised to cajole his enemies, and to make them less afraid of his future dominion and victory.
Laidostatu zutenen aldetik haren eztitasun eta urrikaltasunaren ereduak zenbatezinak dira; badiot gerra zibila bere aitzintzean zen arokoez besterik, haietaz berak adierazten baitu bere idazkien bidez etsaien bereganatzeko eta bere etorkizuneko menpetasun eta garaipenaren beldur gutiago eginarazteko.