"Your most Illustrious Lordship's servant,
"The Duke of Urbino."
"My most illustrious, most revered, and most respected Lord,
"The proof which your most illustrious Lordship has deigned to give me, in your most kind letter, of the pleasure you take in the marriage of the Prince my son, I esteem a great favour; for not only do I desire your sympathy in all my happiness, but I am also anxious in every circumstance to find occasion of serving your most illustrious Lordship. Thus will all my present and future occasions of joy be valued by me in proportion as they may become subservient to that object, and to the affection I bear your most illustrious Lordship, whose hands I kiss, praying the Lord God of his grace to vouchsafe you a happy accomplishment of all your desires. From Pesaro, the 15th of January, 1571.
"Your most illustrious and most reverend Lordship's most humble servant,
"The Duchess of Urbino."
"My most illustrious and most reverend Lord,