Ah, quoth he, my noble Lord (after his tongue had
borrowed a little leave of his laughter),　is it my luck
to visit you thus unlooked for? I am sure you will bid
me welcome, if it be　but for the name’s sake. It is
a wonder to see two English earls of one house at
one time together in Italy. I, hearing him so pleasant,
began to gather up my spirits, and replied as boldly as
I durst: Sir, you are welcome; your name which I
borrowed I have not abused; some large sums of
money this, my sweet mistress Diamante, hath made
me master of, which I knew not how better to employ
for the honour of my country than by spending it
munificently under your name. No Englishman would I
have renowned for bounty, magnificence and courtesy
but you; under your colours all my meritorious works I
was desirous to shroud. Deem it no insolence to add
increase to your fame. Had I basely and beggarly, wanting
ability to support any part of your royalty, undertook the
estimation of this high calling, your allegement of injury
had been the greater, and my defence less authorized..