And if some of them by the might of their arms did rise to be emperors, in faith it cost them dear in the matter of blood and sweat; and if those who attained to that rank had not had magicians and sages to help them they would have been completely baulked in their ambition and disappointed in their hopes."
Y si algunos subieron a ser emperadores por el valor de su brazo, a fe que les costó buen porqué de su sangre y de su sudor; y que si a los que a tal grado subieron les faltaran encantadores y sabios que los ayudaran, que ellos quedaran bien defraudados de sus deseos y bien engañados de sus esperanzas.