for from his youth he had been all along practised in affairs; and, having passed through many traverses of fortune, he had, with great cost, acquired a vast stock of wisdom, which is not soon lost when it is purchased so dear.
Halako aldi batez, Mortonen mahaian nengoela, zuen herriko legeez jakintsua den jaun batekin gertatu nintzen. Delako jaun hura, ez dakit zeren gainetik, hasi zitzaigun, eskualde hartan lapurren aurka daramaten justizia zorrotza zehazki goraipatzen: