The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci And Other Documents Illustrative of His Career |
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Author:
| Casas, Bartolomé de las Columbus, Christopher Vespucci, Amerigo |
Translator:
| Markham, Clements R. |
ISBN: | 979-8-4938-8466-5 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2021 |
Publisher: | Independently Published
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $6.09 |
Book Description:
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...Magnificent Lord. I submit humble reverence to you and offer due recommendations. It may be that your Magnificence will be astonished at my temerity that I should dare so absurdly to write the present long letter to your Magnificence, knowing that your Magnificence is constantly occupied in the high councils and affairs touching the lofty Republic. And I may be considered not only presumptuous but also idle in writing things not convenient to your condition nor agreeable, and...
More Description ...Magnificent Lord. I submit humble reverence to you and offer due recommendations. It may be that your Magnificence will be astonished at my temerity that I should dare so absurdly to write the present long letter to your Magnificence, knowing that your Magnificence is constantly occupied in the high councils and affairs touching the lofty Republic. And I may be considered not only presumptuous but also idle in writing things not convenient to your condition nor agreeable, and written in a barbarous style. But as I have confidence in your virtues and in the merit of my writing, which is touching things never before written upon either by ancient or modern writers, as will be seen, I may be excused by your Magnificence...