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Show PROTESTATION. Soi effect, even though for this it may be necessary to increase the royal costs. All of us who have the good fortune to be vassals of such a great king have learned his royal disposition to desire rather souls for God than moneys for his exchequer; inasmuch as there is no doubt it will redound to his greater glory in this world and in the other, opening the gates of heaven to so many souls, even though there remain few millions in the royal coffers. I conclude with lively hope thus: The king our lord wills. The king our lord is able. Soon the king our lord will do that which is at once so sacred and suitable a thing. Amen. I protest that in all which I say in the Diary and in the Reflections thereupon nothing else moves me but the glory and honor of God, nor do I intend to prejudice the opinion of any one. I have told with Christian candor what I have learned, communicating without invidiousness what I have seen, heard, and experienced, which perhaps may serve to throw some light upon the decisions which the superior government may wish to make. Well do I recognize that my shortcomings, and the many faults and errors that I have committed in this and other entradas that I have made into gentiledom may be in part or perhaps altogether such as never have been seen hitherto; but I have consolation that the way is open to be able to enter to reap the harvest, and that if it be not |