Secondly, my people were perfectly subjected—I was absolutely lord and lawgiver—they all owed their lives to me, and were ready to lay down their lives, if there had been occasion for it, for me.
In secondo luogo il mio popolo mi era pienamente subordinato; io ne era assoluto signore e legislatore. Ciascun suddito m’andava debitore della libertà, e ciascuno avrebbe di buon grado sagrificata per me, se fosse stato d’uopo, la sua propria vita.