It was a custom introduced by this prince and his ministry (very different, as I have been assured, from the practice of former times,) that after the court had decreed any cruel execution, either to gratify the monarch's resentment, or the malice of a favourite, the emperor always made a speech to his whole council, expressing his great lenity and tenderness, as qualities known and confessed by all the world. This speech was immediately published throughout the kingdom;
Oraingo Printze honek eta beronen ministroek ezarritako ohitura baten arabera (esan didatenez, oso ezberdina antzina zeudenekiko) Gorteak exekuzio ankerren bat agindu ondoren, nahiz monarkaren sumina nahiz faboritoren baten maltzurkeria asetzeko, Enperadoreak beti egiten zion hitzaldi bat Kontseilu osoari, bere onginahi eta bihozberatasun handia,-mundu guztiak ezagutu eta aitortzen zizkion kualitateak-azpimarratuz.