From the latter he is defended by being well armed and having good allies, and if he is well armed he will have good friends, and affairs will always remain quiet within when they are quiet without, unless they should have been already disturbed by conspiracy; and even should affairs outside be disturbed, if he has carried out his preparations and has lived as I have said, as long as he does not despair, he will resist every attack, as I said Nabis the Spartan did.
Da questa si difende con le buone arme e con li buoni amici; e sempre, se arà buone arme, arà buoni amici; e sempre staranno ferme le cose di dentro, quando stieno ferme quelle di fuora, se già le non fussino perturbate da una congiura; e quando pure quelle di fuora movessino, s'elli è ordinato e vissuto come ho detto, quando non si abbandoni, sempre sosterrà ogni impeto, come io dissi che fece Nabide spartano.