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"Il tredici!" shouted the second officer, as he flew by us. The crews of both ships behaved splendidly, and the cry on board our ship was, "Where is the English captain? I do not see him." "No," we answered, "you do not see him, but we can hear him." And sure enough there he was all right, and swearing quite like himself.
Tredici volte si recito il dramma, e sempre segui l'effetto stesso universalmente: di che era segno palpabile il sommo previo silenzio, con cui l'uditorio tutto si apparechiava a goderne l'effetto." The line of recitative has unfortunately not been preserved; nor is it known what the opera, or whose the music, which produced an effect which may not be inaptly described in the words of Byron:
We must not leave S. Giovanni Evangelista without a look at the great tower of the eleventh century which overshadows it. It might seem to be contemporary with the greater Torre Comunale in the Via Tredici Giugno as the street is now absurdly named.
They have a collection of "Lettere di Tredici Uomini Illustri," which appeared in 1571; another more curious, relating to princes "Lettere de' Principi le quali o si scrivono da Principi a Principi, o ragionano di Principi;" Tenezia, 1581, in 3 vols. quarto.
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