My true friend, the widow, earnestly dissuaded me from it, and so far prevailed with me, that for almost seven years she prevented my running abroad, during which time I took my two nephews, the children of one of my brothers, into my care; the eldest, having something of his own, I bred up as a gentleman, and gave him a settlement of some addition to his estate after my decease.
La mia buona amica, la vedova che conoscete, metteva tutto il fervore a dissuadermene, e ci riuscì tanto che per circa sett’anni la vinse ch’io non imprendessi altri viaggi. In quell’intervallo mi addossai la tutela di due nipoti, figli d’uno de’ miei fratelli, e segnatamente del maggiore che avea qualche cosa del proprio.