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lp27 A great bargain

Boorstein, D. J."The Discoverers", Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, New York, 1985, p.228 :

"...when Queen Isabella, urged on by her keeper of the privy purse, suddenly decided to stake Columbus. Columbus' advocate had pointed out that support of his enterprise would cost no more than a week's royal entertainment of a visiting dignitary..."