He said to me that his subjects serve him with their persons and goods, in just and unjust quarrels, exactly as he likes, and that therefore he does not think it right to begin any warlike undertaking without being himself the first in danger.
Rekao mi je da mu njegovi podanici služe svojim osobama i svojim dobrima, u pravednim i nepravednim zadjevicama, upravo kako on voli, i da stoga ne smatra ispravnim zapodjenuti ikakvo ratno poduzimanje a da se on sam nije prvi našao u opasnosti.