Question

But one thing among others I would beg of you, senor licentiate, which is, that, to prevent my master taking a fancy to be an archbishop, for that is what I'm afraid of, your worship would recommend him to marry this princess at once; for in this way he will be disabled from taking archbishop's orders, and will easily come into his empire, and I to the end of my desires; I have been thinking over the matter carefully, and by what I can make out I find it will not do for me that my master should become an archbishop, because I am no good for the Church, as I am married; and for me now, having as I have a wife and children, to set about obtaining dispensations to enable me to hold a place of profit under the Church, would be endless work; so that, senor, it all turns on my master marrying this lady at once—for as yet I do not know her grace, and so I cannot call her by her name."

Accepted Answer

Pero una cosa quiero suplicar a vuestra merced, entre otras, señor licenciado, y es que, porque a mi amo no le tome gana de ser arzobispo, que es lo que yo temo, que vuestra merced le aconseje que se case luego con esta princesa, y así quedará imposibilitado de recebir órdenes arzobispales y vendrá con facilidad a su imperio y yo al fin de mis deseos; que yo he mirado bien en ello y hallo por mi cuenta que no me está bien que mi amo sea arzobispo, porque yo soy inútil para la Iglesia, pues soy casado, y andarme ahora a traer dispensaciones para poder tener renta por la Iglesia, teniendo, como tengo, mujer y hijos, sería nunca acabar. Así que, señor, todo el toque está en que mi amo se case luego con esta señora, que hasta ahora no sé su gracia, y así, no la llamo por su nombre.

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