Also he received from him money in plenty for his faring, and bills of exchange upon certain merchants of Italy, which would bring him more should it be needed.
Their parting was very sad, since the prophecies of Sir Andrew had taken no small hold upon Master de Cressi's mind.
"I fear me greatly, dear son," he said, "that we part to meet no more.
Well, such is the lot of parents.

They breed those children that heaven decrees to them; with toil and thought and fears they rear them up from infancy, learning to love them more than their own souls, for their sakes fighting a hard world.

Then the sons go forth, north and south, and the daughters find husbands and joys and sorrows of their own, and both half forget them, as is nature's way.

Last of all those parents die, as also is nature's way, and the half forgetfulness becomes whole as surely as the young moon grows to full.

Well, well, this is a lesson that each generation must learn in turn, as you will know ere all is done.