He felt then great gratitude indeed to the poor giver. He felt gratitude repaying the giant gift, but this is nothing as compared to your father King Henry, who was habitually glad to receive small gifts. Many times I myself had experience of this, when giving to him little booklets or placing verses in his hands. The very best king, being very well-disposed, felt gratitude to a poor man, as much as though it were the worthy gift I truly owed. But what would one properly give to a king?