| Back | The squires made a ring round them, both victors and vanquished maintaining profound silence, waiting for the great Roque Guinart to speak. He asked the gentlemen who they were, whither they were going, and what money they carried with them; "Senor," replied one of them, "we are two captains of Spanish infantry; our companies are at Naples, and we are on our way to embark in four galleys which they say are at Barcelona under orders for Sicily; and we have about two or three hundred crowns, with which we are, according to our notions, rich and contented, for a soldier's poverty does not allow a more extensive hoard." |
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| Front | Cogiéronlos los escuderos en medio, guardando vencidos y vencedores gran silencio, esperando a que el gran Roque Guinart hablase, el cual preguntó a los caballeros que quién eran y adónde iban, y qué dinero llevaban. Uno dellos le respondió: -Señor, nosotros somos dos capitanes de infantería española; tenemos nuestras compañías en Nápoles y vamos a embarcarnos en cuatro galeras, que dicen están en Barcelona con orden de pasar a Sicilia; llevamos hasta docientos o trecientos escudos, con que, a nuestro parecer, vamos ricos y contentos, pues la estrecheza ordinaria de los soldados no permite mayores tesoros. |
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