human
Seþores, I will present my project for the fõte,
gpt
We cannot accept it!
human
We vote against it!
gpt
We have a budget of 3,500 pesos. With this sum we can assure a fõte that will surpass any we have yet seen in our own province or in others.
human
Impossible!
gpt
Listen, seþores, and you will be convinced, continued Don Filipo, unshaken.
human
I propose that in the middle of the plaza we erect a grand theatre, costing 150 pesos.
gpt
Not enough! Say 160!
human
Observe, gentlemen, 200 pesos for the theatre. I propose that arrangements be made with the Comedy Company of Tondo for seven representations, seven consecutive evenings, at 200 pesos an evening. Seven representations, at 200 pesos each, makes 1,400 pesos. Observe, seþor director, 1,400 pesos.
gpt
I further propose magnificent fireworks; not those little rockets and crackers that amuse nobody but children and old maids, but great bombs, colossal rockets. I propose, then, 200 bombs at two pesos each, and 200 rockets at the same price. Observe, seþores, 1,000 pesos for bombs and----
human
And further, to show our neighbors that we are not people who must count their expenditures, I propose, first, four great preachers for the two feast days; second, that each day we throw into the lake 200 roasted fowls, 100 stuffed capons, and 50 sucking pigs, as did Sylla, contemporary of Cicero, to whom Captain Basilio alluded.
gpt
That's it! Like Sylla!
human
As many rich people will come to the fõtes, each bringing thousands of pesos and his best cocks, I propose fifteen days of the gallera, the liberty of open gaming houses----