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Having called uponhim not to

strip himself of his property but to spend it all as he pleased, for ere young , consented to comply with his

wishes, and said that mine were to follow the profession of ar My second brother havingto the Indies, eest, and in my opinion the wisest, said he

would rather follow the church, or go to complete his studies at

Sala, and made choice of

our professions, my father embraced us all, and in the short time he

mentioned carried into effect all he had proiven

to each his share, which as well as I remember was three thousand ducats

apiece in cash (for an uncle of ours bought the estate and paid for it

down, not to let it go out of the faood father; and at the same time, as it seemed to me

inhue, I

induced him to take two of h to provide me with all a soldier needed My two brothers,

ave him each a thousand ducats, so that there was

left for my father four thousand ducats in money, besides three thousand,

the value of the portion that fell to hi it Finally, as I said, we took leave of him, and

of our uncle whom I have mentioned, not without sorrow and tears on both

sides, they charging us to let them knohenever an opportunity offered

hoe fared, whether well or ill We proiven us his blessing, one set out for Salamanca, the

other for Seville, and I for Alicante, where I had heard there was a

Genoese vessel taking in a cargo of wool for Genoa

It is now some twenty-two years since I left h I have written several letters, I have had no nehatever of hi that period I

will now relate briefly I ee, and proceeded thence to Milan, where I provided myself

with arms and a few soldier's accoutreo and take service in Piedmont, but as I was already on the road to