_ 412 _ having given careful consideration to what it contains, he is moved to answer and reply to each of these three issues by what is said here: As to the first, that although His Catholic Majesty has always known from his words and deeds the goodwill and love with which His Imperial Majesty reciprocates his own towards him and so complimentary phrases between them are unnecessary as they are sincere, he cannot desist from being very grateful to him for the love shown in the said letter, and the confidence he shows in His Catholic Majesty by speaking so openly and wishing to have his opinion, and for showing the French, in the reply he had sent to the Bishop of Rheims, that he did not want to make a decision on these matters without him. All this His Catholic Majesty rightly values, and although he is always obliged to take his path, if anything could bind him more it is to see it taken by His Imperial Majesty, in the manner his letter implies, which is to show the world the love and true brotherliness that exists between the two Majesties, and that they talk of their affairs as personally and in such detail as he does in this, putting the pros and cons on both sides so that a decision can be taken in the matter with greater satisfaction and benefit than might be expected.
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