I should not have dwelt so long upon this particular, if it had not been a point wherein the reputation of a great lady is so nearly concerned, to say nothing of my own; though I then had the honour to be a nardac, which the treasurer himself is not; for all the world knows, that he is only a glumglum, a title inferior by one degree, as that of a marquis is to a duke in England; yet I allow he preceded me in right of his post.
Ez nintzen arazo honetaz hainbeste luzatuko, andere bikain baten ospe ona ez balego arriskuan jarria, eta neurea, zer esanik ez, nahiz eta Nardac izateko ohorea dudan, Altxorzaina bera ere ez den zerbait, mundu guztiak baitaki Clumglum besterik ez dela, nirea baino gradu bat beheragoko titulua, markesa dukearekiko bezala Ingalaterran; halere, onartzen dut nire gainetik zegoela bere karguarengatik.