Nabis, Prince of the Spartans, sustained the attack of all Greece, and of a victorious Roman army, and against them he defended his country and his government; and for the overcoming of this peril it was only necessary for him to make himself secure against a few, but this would not have been sufficient had the people been hostile.
Nabide, principe delli Spartani, sostenne la ossidione di tutta Grecia e di uno esercito romano vittoriosissimo, e difese contro a quelli la patria sua et il suo stato: e li bastò solo, sopravvenente il periculo, assicurarsi di pochi: ché se elli avessi avuto el populo inimico, questo non li bastava.