Scipio, to sound Syphax's intention, leaving his army, abandoning Spain, not yet secure nor well settled in his new conquest, could pass over into Africa in two small ships, to commit himself, in an enemy's country, to the power of a barbarian king, to a faith untried and unknown, without obligation, without hostage, under the sole security of the grandeur of his own courage, his good fortune, and the promise of his high hopes.
Iduritu zitzaidan ez zela zuzenik gabe mintzatzen, ohiturak kendua baitzidan bitxikeria horren oharpena, bitartean, hain nazkagarria iduritzen zaigularik beste herri batez aipatzen denean.