Porro ipse diligentius obsecrans, ut et mihi certandi cum illis copia daretur, fidebam namque equo quem mihi ipse optimum donaverat, nequaquam impetrare potui.
Then did I right earnestly entreat him to let me have leave to race with them, for I trusted well the excellency of my horse which the bishop had given me, but could not prevail at all.
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