yet they have turned out to be no better than our present ones; and therefore, if they were rhetoricians, they did not use the true art of rhetoric or of flattery, or they would not have fallen out of favour.
Zu ados zeunden oraingo inor ez dela, baina ez aurrekoez, eta gizon horiek aukeratu zenituen, baina oraingoen berdinak agertu dira, eta horiek hizlariak baziren, ez zuten ez benetako erretorika erabiltzen-ez baitziratekeen eroriko-ezta lausengaria ere.