"You would deal with them more harshly and cruelly than their owner himself," said Vivaldo, "for it is neither right nor proper to do the will of one who enjoins what is wholly unreasonable; it would not have been reasonable in Augustus Caesar had he permitted the directions left by the divine Mantuan in his will to be carried into effect.
-De mayor rigor y crueldad usaréis vos con ellos -dijo Vivaldo- que su mesmo dueño, pues no es justo ni acertado que se cumpla la voluntad de quien lo que ordena va fuera de todo razonable discurso. Y no le tuviera bueno Augusto César si consintiera que se pusiera en ejecución lo que el divino Mantuano dejó en su testamento mandado.