WHEREINTHECAPTIVERELATESHISLIFEANDADVENTURES
MyfamilyhaditsorigininavillageinthemountainsofLeon, andnaturehadbeenkinderandmoregeneroustoitthanfortune; thoughinthegeneralpovertyofthosecommunitiesmyfatherpassedforbeingevenarichman; , forthesoldier'slifeisaschoolinwhichtheniggardbecomesfree-handedandthefree-handedprodigal; andifanysoldiersaretobefoundwhoaremisers, , , allsons, , then, thathewasunabletoresisthispropensity, heresolvedtodivesthimselfoftheinstrumentandcauseofhisprodigalityandlavishness, todivesthimselfofwealth, withoutwhichAlexanderhimselfwouldhaveseemedparsimonious; andsocallingusallthreeasideonedayintoaroom, headdressedusinwordssomewhattothefollowingeffect:
