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The Scotch puritan actually scents something obscene in the very title; to which we can only reply by parodying Carlyle "The nose smells what it brings." As for the comedy itself, it must be judged by the standard of its age. Yet, free as Il Candelajo is sometimes in its portrayal of contemporary manners, it does not approach scores of works which are found "in every gentleman's library."
He was grateful to the King for protection, and his gratitude never abated. When Henry was in ill repute, Bruno still praised him, and these panegyrics were put into one of the counts against "the heretic" when he was arraigned at Venice. The last libel is extorted from Bruno's comedy, Il Candelajo.
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