a mode of government long distracted by contentions among the great, and in the end rendered intolerable by the avarice of public magistrates; while the laws afforded a feeble remedy, disturbed by violence, defeated by intrigue, and undermined by bribery and corruption.
Probintziek ere gauzen egoera hari ez zioten muzinik egiten, susmoti baitziren senatuaren eta herriaren gobernuaz, boteretsuen haserre eta magistratuen gutiziengatik, indarrak, handikeriak eta, funtsean, diruak astinduriko legeen laguntza alferrekoa zelarik.