Of this beauty, to which my poor feeble tongue has failed to do justice, countless princes, not only of that country, but of others, were enamoured, and among them a private gentleman, who was at the court, dared to raise his thoughts to the heaven of so great beauty, trusting to his youth, his gallant bearing, his numerous accomplishments and graces, and his quickness and readiness of wit; for I may tell your highnesses, if I am not wearying you, that he played the guitar so as to make it speak, and he was, besides, a poet and a great dancer, and he could make birdcages so well, that by making them alone he might have gained a livelihood, had he found himself reduced to utter poverty; and gifts and graces of this kind are enough to bring down a mountain, not to say a tender young girl.
De esta hermosura, y no como se debe encarecida de mi torpe lengua, se enamoró un número infinito de príncipes, así naturales como estranjeros, entre los cuales osó levantar los pensamientos al cielo de tanta belleza un caballero particular que en la corte estaba, confiado en su mocedad y en su bizarría, y en sus muchas habilidades y gracias, y facilidad y felicidad de ingenio; porque hago saber a vuestras grandezas, si no lo tienen por enojo, que tocaba una guitarra que la hacía hablar, y más que era poeta y gran bailarín, y sabía hacer una jaula de pájaros, que solamente a hacerlas pudiera ganar la vida cuando se viera en estrema necesidad, que todas estas partes y gracias son bastantes a derribar una montaña, no que una delicada doncella.