The time for my departure arrived; I spoke one night to Luscinda, I told her all that had occurred, as I did also to her father, entreating him to allow some delay, and to defer the disposal of her hand until I should see what the Duke Ricardo sought of me: he gave me the promise, and she confirmed it with vows and swoonings unnumbered.
Vine, en fin, donde el duque Ricardo estaba. Fui dél tan bien recebido y tratado, que desde luego comenzó la envidia a hacer su oficio, teniéndomela los criados antiguos, pareciéndoles que las muestras que el duque daba de hacerme merced habían de ser en perjuicio suyo.