_ 405 _ was because he was unconfident about something else or because of his virtue, but he came to see me and tell me why he had come, saying his intention was to serve Your Highness. He put himself into my hands for me to order him what he should do. I pledged myself, seeing that under cover of the petitions that this elected person will make before the Justices of Your Highness, already having the title, he will be able to put off Canobio's request for many days. So, I arranged with Frei Felipe that he should leave at once with the courier and be the bearer of this letter, and that he should talk to the secretary Pero d'Alcaçova to find out what he should do. If he arrives before Canobio (as I think he will), he must go straight to the monastery where he is accepted as abbot by his brethren, and through his lawyers, father and relatives, protest the justice of his cause before Your Highness so that Canobio will hear these complaints when he arrives. Your Highness cannot refuse to order to have this case heard, and naturally it cannot be resolved by Borromeo's possession. With this delay, which will be as long as they wish, they will realize their ignorance and will ask me, as I have said what I said to Borromeo.
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