Merced escribe se le escriba y relate el caso muy por extenso, me pareció no tomarle por el medio, sino del principio, porque se tenga entera noticia de mi persona, y también porque consideren los que heredaron nobles estados cuán poco se les debe, pues Fortuna fue con ellos parcial, y cuánto más hicieron los que, siéndoles contraria, con fuerza y maña remando salieron a buen puerto.

















 

themselves to one another. And as Your Grace writes up what I write to him and may have to give an account of the affair at length, it seemed to me best not to begin in the middle, but at the beginning, so that you might have complete knowledge of my person, and also because what noble estates inherited may be regarded by how little is owed them, Fortune having been partial toward them, and how much more could be made of those who, not having Her in their favor but by rowing hard and skillfully, reached safe harbor.