For, I remember very well, in a discourse one day with the king, when I happened to say, "there were several thousand books among us written upon the art of government," it gave him (directly contrary to my intention) a very mean opinion of our understandings.
Zeren eta, oso ongi oroitzen bainaiz, egun batez Erregearekin izandako hizketaldian, gobernatzeko arteaz gure herrian milaka liburu zegoela idatzita esan niolarik, honek (zuzen-zuzen nire asmoaren kontra) gure ezagupenekiko oso iritzi kaskarra sortu ziola.