At the time of the expulsion a few favored Israelites had been allowed to stay, among them the worthy Rodrigo, the doctor's father, who had been the king's physician and was held in high esteem by the sovereign.

Lopez obtained the highest honors at Coimbra, but instead of following medicine, like his father, devoted himself to the humanities.
"There was no need to earn his living--to earn his living," continued the monk, speaking slowly and carefully, and repeating the conclusion of his sentence, as if he were in the act of collating two manuscripts, "for Rodrigo was one of the wealthiest men in Portugal.

His son Lopez was rich, very rich in friends, and among them were numbered all to whom knowledge was dear.

Even among the Christians he had many friends.

Among us--I mean in our library--he also obtained great respect.