Ranuce-Ernest V était avare au fond ; mais il était éperdument amoureux, et il espérait fixer la duchesse à sa cour : il pria sa mère d’accepter une somme fort considérable, et de donner des fêtes.
Ranuccio-Ernesto V was a miser at heart; but he was desperately in love, and he hoped to establish the Duchessa permanently at his court; he begged his mother to accept a very considerable sum of money, and to give entertainments.