from which, young men, and all others that are unprovided of the Antidote of solid Reason, receiving a strong, and delightfull impression, of the great exploits of warre, atchieved by the Conductors of their Armies, receive withall a pleasing Idea, of all they have done besides; and imagine their great prosperity, not to have proceeded from the aemulation of particular men, but from the vertue of their popular form of government: Not considering the frequent Seditions, and Civill Warres, produced by the imperfection of their Policy.
izan ere, jende gazteak eta zentzu sendoaren antidotoa ez dutenek, greziar nahiz erromatar gudalburu haiek lortutako gerra garaipenek eragiten dieten zirrara atsegina medio, herriok egindako gainerako guztiaren ideia baikorra eta atsegina izan ohi dute; eta uste dute haien oparotasun handia gobernamendu demokratikoari esker gertatu zela, eta ez gizakume jakin batzuei jarraitzearren;