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purse. Its true, when this Queen of Spain passed from Germany into Spain, by the way of Milan and Genoa, the Governour of Milan told her, that she should see in d'Oria's Pallace here many fine things, but all borrowed of the Townsmen. Which d'Oria hearing of beforehand, caused to be written over the great Gates of the Pallace, where the Queen was to enter and lodge, these words in Spanish, By the Grace of God, and the Kings favour, theres nothing here borrowed. It may be, the cunning Governour of Milan thought by telling the Queen this, to oblige the Duke D'Oria to present some of his best things to the Queen, to shew her that they were his own; as its said, the late Duke of Buckingham did in France, by breaking his Diamond Hatband among the Court Ladies, who said he had onely borrowed it; but, the wise Italian by this trick, both kept his own, and yet satisfied the Queen. Indeed he hath things here both too good to be given away, andtoo