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"Ben furo avventurosi i cavalieri Ch' erano a quella eta, che nei vallone, Nelle scure spelonche e boschi fieri, Tane di serpi, d'orsi e di leoni, Trovavan quel che nei palazzi altieri Appena or trovar pon giudici buoni; Donne che nella lor piu fresca etade Sien degne di aver titol di beltade." Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, can. xiii. 1.
A rumbling, cracking noise is heard among the mountains. Shadows of clouds sweep across the scene. WERNI, the huntsman, descends from the rocks. KUONI, the shepherd, enters, with a milk pail on his shoulders, followed by SERPI, his assistant. RUODI. Bestir thee, Jenni, haul the boat on shore.
Perhaps I shall rest there a little before Duccio's Madonna on her high altar, and linger under the grave, serene work of Ghirlandajo; but it may be the sky will be too fair for any church to hold me, so that passing down the way of the Beautiful Ladies, and taking Via dei Serpi on my left, I shall come into Via Tornabuoni, that smiling, lovely way just above the beautiful Palazzo Antinori, whence I may see Palazzo Strozzi, but without the great lamp at the corner where the flowers are heaped and there are always so many loungers. Indeed, the whole street is full of flowers and sunshine and cool shadow, and in some way, I know not what, it remains the most beautiful gay street in Florence, where past and present have met and are friends. And then I know if I follow this way I shall come to Lung' Arno, I may catch a glimpse of it even from the corner of Via Porta Rossa over the cabs, past the Column of S. Trinit
"Belarmino," "Beda." Cardinal Bellarmin and Venerable Bede are too well known to require any observations. "Serpi, Fray Dimas," cut into two lines, with the names transposed, mean 'Fr. In Montalvan the marginal note gives, "Lib. de Purgatorio, cap. 26," as the reference. "Jacob Solino," the next authority for the legend, is perhaps the most perplexing in the list.