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APPEALS AND REQUESTS
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sake and for the honour of the family, to take her
son, a 2^7?^/ of ten, into his service and allow
her to make him a present of the boy, which thing
she will count a singular grace. Another letter is of
interest as coming from Capino di Cappo/ a brave
Mantuan soldier whose devotion to Castiglione
endured to the end of his life, and of whom M. Bal-
dassare invariably speaks with the deepest adection,
as one who was dear to him as a brother, and with
whom he shared the closest secrets of his heart.
To all of these appeals M. Baldassare replied with
perfect temper and invariable courtesy, although in
his secret soul he often groaned over the multitude
of his correspondents, and felt, with Bibbiena, that
begging favours for others was truly ' devil's work.'
i Cod. Vat. Lat., 8211.
868
sake and for the honour of the family, to take her
son, a 2^7?^/ of ten, into his service and allow
her to make him a present of the boy, which thing
she will count a singular grace. Another letter is of
interest as coming from Capino di Cappo/ a brave
Mantuan soldier whose devotion to Castiglione
endured to the end of his life, and of whom M. Bal-
dassare invariably speaks with the deepest adection,
as one who was dear to him as a brother, and with
whom he shared the closest secrets of his heart.
To all of these appeals M. Baldassare replied with
perfect temper and invariable courtesy, although in
his secret soul he often groaned over the multitude
of his correspondents, and felt, with Bibbiena, that
begging favours for others was truly ' devil's work.'
i Cod. Vat. Lat., 8211.