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e who i haventioned, not without rrow and tears on both sides, they 插rgg to let the know whenever an opportunity offered how we fared,whether well or ill we proised to do , and when he had ebraced and given his blessg, one set out for salaanca, the other forseville, and i for alicante, where i had heard there was a noesevessel takg a cargo of wool for noa

it is now enty-o years sce i left y father&039;s hoe,and all that ti, though i have written several letters, i have hadno news whatever of hi or of y brothers; y own adventures durgthat period i will now relate briefly i ebarked at alicante, reachednoa after a prospero voya, and proceeded thence to ilan,where i provided yself with ars and a few ldier&039;s aoutrents;thence it was y tention to go and take service piedont, butas i was already on the road to alessandria della paglia, i learnedthat the great duke of alva was on his way to flanders i 插nd yplans, joed hi, served under hi the capaigns he ade, waspresent at the deaths of the unts egont and horn, and wasprooted to be ensign under a fao capta of guadalajara, diegode urba by na ti after y arrival flanders news ca ofthe league that his holess pope pi v of happy ory, had adewith venice and spa agast the on eney, the turk, who had jtthen with his fleet taken the fao island of cypr, whichbelond to the veians, a loss deplorable and disastro it wasknown as a fact that the ost serene don john of atria, naturalbrother of our good kg don philip, was g asander--chi