text:  So long accustomed to war against a barbarous enemy I could almost fancy myself as much a Moor at heart as I appeared in visage when in your service on my way to Luxembourg whenever I find my sword uplifted against a Christian breast!--Civil war Ottavio is a hideous and repugnant thing!"-- "The report is true then that your highness has become warmly attached to the people of these rebel provinces?" demanded Gonzaga not choosing to declare the rumour prevalent in Spain that an opportunity had been afforded to the prince by the Barlaimont faction of converting his viceroyalty into the sway of absolute sovereignty