That I lived under my adoptive father, who taught me to put aside all pride and show. He showed me that a ruler doesn't need troops of guards, fancy clothes, torches, statues, and all the other trappings of power. A person can live almost like a private citizen and still handle public duties that require real authority. That I had such a brother who stirred me to better thoughts by his example, and whose respect and love brought me joy. That my children were born healthy and without any deformities.
That I lived under the government of my lord and father, who would take away from me all pride and vainglory, and reduce me to that conceit and opinion that it was not impossible for a prince to live in the court without a troop of guards and followers, extraordinary apparel, such and such torches and statues, and other like particulars of state and magnificence; but that a man may reduce and contract himself almost to the state of a private man, and yet for all that not to become the more base and remiss in those public matters and affairs, wherein power and authority is requisite. That I have had such a brother, who by his own example might stir me up to think of myself; and by his respect and love, delight and please me. That I have got ingenuous children, and that they were not born distorted, nor with any other natural deformity.