and therefore, though they accustom themselves daily to military exercises and the discipline of war, in which not only their men, but their women likewise, are trained up, that, in cases of necessity, they may not be quite useless, yet they do not rashly engage in war, unless it be either to defend themselves or their friends from any unjust aggressors, or, out of good nature or in compassion, assist an oppressed nation in shaking off the yoke of tyranny.
Ondorioz eta nahiz herritar guziek-gizon ala emazte-egun jakinetan militar-ariketak egin ohi dituzten jarraituki, behar-orduan trebe izaiteko, ez dira neholaz gerlan sartzen itsura. Gerla egiten dute bakarrik beren mugen zaintzeko edo adiskideen lurretarik etsaiaren ohiltzeko edo oraino tirano batek leherturik daukan edozein herriren alde-hartaz urrikalduz eta gizontasunez egiten dute orduan-tiranoaren atzaparretarik eta menpetik haren ateratzeko.