La lettre qu’il devait présenter, s’il le jugeait à propos, demandait la place de chevalier d’honneur de la princesse, devenue vacante depuis peu, pour le marquis Crescenzi, et désirait qu’elle lui fût accordée en considération de son mariage.
The letter which he was to present, if he thought fit, requested the post of Cavaliere d'onore to the Princess, which had recently fallen vacant, for the Marchese Crescenzi, and desired that it should be conferred upon him in consideration of his marriage.