judging rightly enough of my own strength, that it was not capable of any great matters; and calling to mind the saying of the late Chancellor Olivier, that the French were like monkeys that swarm up a tree from branch to branch, and never stop till they come to the highest, and there shew their breech.
neure indarrez zuhurki uste izanez ez zirela gauza handien gai, eta Olivier kantziler zenaren hitz hartaz oroiturik: frantsesek diruditela zuhaitz bati goiti, adarrez adar, iganez doazen tximinoak, eta adarrik gorena heldurik diren arte ez direla gelditzen, eta han daudenean uzkia erakusten dutela.