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ERCOLE GONZAGA
delay, not you, when I know you have hardly time
to eat! but, since you are so kind as to make excuses
to me, you will also be so good as to forgive my
delays, which were caused by Federico’s illness and
my reluctance to give you any news which would
make you anxious. Now, thank God, he is perfectly
well, and I can the more gladly discharge my duty.
The hat for which you ask shall be made as soon as
the master arrives, and shall be as fine and gallant
as possible. If you will say how soon you require it,
I will try and have a coat made to match, if there is
time ; but pray tell me this at once. Thank you for
wishing me to see your entry into Bologna. It will
no doubt be a magnificent sight. I am very well,
and, if you desire it, will come gladly. I think even a
bomb would have some trouble to make me miscarry.
Your Highness must not say that it is my fault if I
quarrel with you, because, as long as you show any
love for me, no one else can make me believe the
contrary. But no interpreter is needed to make me
aware that Your Excellency has loved me little for
some time past. Since this, however, is a disagree-
able subject, I will cut it short, and say no more. I
am sorry Your Highness objects to my calling our
boy Ercole. I would not have done this if I had
thought you would dislike it. But Your Highness
knows that when you were at Sacchetta you said
he was very like my father, of blessed memory; and
I said that, this being the case, you were wrong not
to call him Ercole. You laughed, and said no more;
but if you had told me your mind, then I should
not have made this mistake. But only let me have
another boy, and you may call him Alvise, or what-
ever you like, and leave the other to be Ercole for me.
ERCOLE GONZAGA
delay, not you, when I know you have hardly time
to eat! but, since you are so kind as to make excuses
to me, you will also be so good as to forgive my
delays, which were caused by Federico’s illness and
my reluctance to give you any news which would
make you anxious. Now, thank God, he is perfectly
well, and I can the more gladly discharge my duty.
The hat for which you ask shall be made as soon as
the master arrives, and shall be as fine and gallant
as possible. If you will say how soon you require it,
I will try and have a coat made to match, if there is
time ; but pray tell me this at once. Thank you for
wishing me to see your entry into Bologna. It will
no doubt be a magnificent sight. I am very well,
and, if you desire it, will come gladly. I think even a
bomb would have some trouble to make me miscarry.
Your Highness must not say that it is my fault if I
quarrel with you, because, as long as you show any
love for me, no one else can make me believe the
contrary. But no interpreter is needed to make me
aware that Your Excellency has loved me little for
some time past. Since this, however, is a disagree-
able subject, I will cut it short, and say no more. I
am sorry Your Highness objects to my calling our
boy Ercole. I would not have done this if I had
thought you would dislike it. But Your Highness
knows that when you were at Sacchetta you said
he was very like my father, of blessed memory; and
I said that, this being the case, you were wrong not
to call him Ercole. You laughed, and said no more;
but if you had told me your mind, then I should
not have made this mistake. But only let me have
another boy, and you may call him Alvise, or what-
ever you like, and leave the other to be Ercole for me.