_ 47 _ whose only service in this land is to stir up hatred among the inhabitants against Your Highness interests. This does not mean they have not done a lot for it, because those who have held office decided to show what they could do and those who still do not have one try to show that they have. I am giving this account to Your Highness because I know that the city is about to write to you and those who agree with them will not be in short supply. Your Highness, they said I could do what I wished, but I will not cease to point out what is contrary to your service. I am well aware that this must not seem right, except to whoever does for your service what I do, and those who come from here and write from here, who give their opinions about this to Your Highness. Your Highness should see the account that they have given of themselves and what they do for their own advantage and what they will lose by serving you. I confess to Your Highness that I talk about this as someone who has been offended because. [Translator’s note. The letters ends abruptly at this points].
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