| Back | And remember, my son, that it is better for the soldier to smell of gunpowder than of civet, and that if old age should come upon you in this honourable calling, though you may be covered with wounds and crippled and lame, it will not come upon you without honour, and that such as poverty cannot lessen; especially now that provisions are being made for supporting and relieving old and disabled soldiers; for it is not right to deal with them after the fashion of those who set free and get rid of their black slaves when they are old and useless, and, turning them out of their houses under the pretence of making them free, make them slaves to hunger, from which they cannot expect to be released except by death. |
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| Front | Y advertid, hijo, que al soldado mejor le está el oler a pólvora que algalia, y que si la vejez os coge en este honroso ejercicio, aunque sea lleno de heridas y estropeado o cojo, a lo menos no os podrá coger sin honra, y tal, que no os la podrá menoscabar la pobreza; cuanto más, que ya se va dando orden cómo se entretengan y remedien los soldados viejos y estropeados, porque no es bien que se haga con ellos lo que suelen hacer los que ahorran y dan libertad a sus negros cuando ya son viejos y no pueden servir, y, echándolos de casa con título de libres, los hacen esclavos de la hambre, de quien no piensan ahorrarse sino con la muerte. |
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