_ 508 _ blessing that Our Lord did them by the help and power of Your Lordship, because the deed is of such a nature and so great that it should always be remembered and a record of it kept, and that day of your fame and victory celebrated and honoured so that the memory and recognition of the great service Your Lordship did them endures from generation to generation, something which all universally do with equal enthusiasm at the moment. Because I have a much greater obligation to Your Lordship than anyone else, I shall regard this day as great for me and for all my affairs, as long as I live. And in memory of your illustrious reputation, I shall give many thanks to Our Lord and to Your Lordship, and I shall willingly offer sacrifices to Him for all your enterprises and I shall beg and implore Him to increase your life and honour in a state of splendour. Your Lordship is well aware of the pleasure and satisfaction of being drunk with fine wine. I confess to Your Lordship that I do not drink, but I am drunk and intoxicated with pleasure and satisfaction, so that is why I talk a lot about it, but this is the wrong moment to ask Your Lordship to give him permission because of the circumstances that I describe above. Many years ago I heard it said that when they informed Queen Isabel of the Great Captain's triumph and victory over the French, by
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