summatibus deinceps et tunc comiti civitatis non minus opportunis quam frequentibus excubiis agnosci innotescere familiarescere, sicque eius in dies sedulitas maiorum sodalitatibus promoveri; fovere boni quique certatim, votis omnes plurimi consiliis, privati donis cincti beneficiis adiuvare; perque haec spes opesque istius raptim saltuatimque cumulari.
By watchfulness as well timed as it was frequent, he came to be recognised, then known, then admitted to intimacy by the magnates one after another and then by the Count of the city, and so his assiduity gained him promotion to higher and higher circles every day: the best people vied in cherishing him; all supported him with their good wishes, many by their counsels, private persons by their gifts, officials by their favours; and thus his hopes and his resources increased by leaps and bounds.
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