 Federico responds to the Count's assessment of the use of spoken language by posing the question as to what is the best language in which to write rhetoric.The Count's response basically states that the language does not matter, but rather the style, authority, and grace of the work matters most (Courtier 71).Robert J. Graham, a Renaissance literary scholar, notes that “questions of whose language is privileged at any given historical moment are deeply implicated in matters of personal, social and cultural significance”, which he states is the primary reason for Castiglione's usage of the native vernacular.