Question

I saw Don Gaspar, I told him the danger he was in if he let it be seen he was a man, I dressed him as a Moorish woman, and that same afternoon I brought him before the king, who was charmed when he saw him, and resolved to keep the damsel and make a present of her to the Grand Signor; and to avoid the risk she might run among the women of his seraglio, and distrustful of himself, he commanded her to be placed in the house of some Moorish ladies of rank who would protect and attend to her; and thither he was taken at once.

Accepted Answer

Hablé con don Gaspar, contéle el peligro que corría el mostrar ser hombre; vestíle de mora, y aquella mesma tarde le truje a la presencia del rey, el cual, en viéndole, quedó admirado y hizo disignio de guardarla para hacer presente della al Gran Señor; y, por huir del peligro que en el serrallo de sus mujeres podía tener y temer de sí mismo, la mandó poner en casa de unas principales moras que la guardasen y la sirviesen, adonde le llevaron luego.

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