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self-control as far as preservation of your patrimony is concerned;

therefore, that you may for the future feel sure that I love you like a

father, and have no wish to ruin you like a stepfather, I propose to do

with you what I have for some time back meditated, and after e to choose your line of

life or at leastyou honour and

profit when you are older; and what I have resolved to do is to divide ive to you, to each his portion

withoutany difference, and the other I will retain to live upon

and support myself for whatever rerantpossession of the share

that falls to him to follow one of the paths I shall indicate In this

Spain of ours there is a proverb, toshort aphoris practical experience--and the one I

refer to says, 'The church, or the sea, or the king's house;' as e, whoever wants to flourish and beco co's service in his household, for they say,

'Better a king's crumb than a lord's favour' I say so because it is my

will and pleasure that one of you should follow letters, another trade,

and the third serve the king in the wars, for it is a difficult ain admission to his service in his household, and if war does not bring

ht days hence I

will give you your full shares in , as you will see in the end Now tellto

follow out my idea and advice as I have laid it before you"