But if it be true (and, indeed, the experience of all ages has shown it) that in proportion as the power of the monarch becomes boundless and immense, his security diminishes, is the corrupting of this power, and the altering of its very nature, a less crime than that of high treason against the prince?
Baina egia bada (horixe ikusi baita beti) erregearen boterea zenbat eta handiagoa izan, haren segurtasuna txikiagotu egiten dela; botere hori usteltzea, izaeraz aldarazi arte, ez al da beraren kontrako lesa majestate delitua?