A messenger was despatched half a day's journey before us, to give the king notice of my approach, and to desire, "that his majesty would please to appoint a day and hour, when it would by his gracious pleasure that I might have the honour to lick the dust before his footstool."
Gu baino egun erdi lehenago mandatari bat bidali zuten, nire etorreraren berri Erregeari emateko, eta mesedez eguna eta ordua jar zitzala Maiestateari erregutzeko, hala jakin genezan noiz izango zitzaion atsegin nik haren oinaulki aurrean hautsa miazkatzeko ohorea izatea.