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The lady is Madonna Maria, daughter of Rome's Prefect, widow of Venanzio Varano, whom the Borgia strangled. On their discourse a tale will hang of woman's frailty and man's boldness Camerino's Duchess yielding to a low-born suitor's stalwart charms.
Praefectos Pelopea facit, Philomela tribunos. Behold an actor's patronage affords A surer means of rising than a lord's! And wilt thou still the Camerino's court, Or to the halls of Bareas resort, When tribunes Pelopea can create And Philomela praefects, who shall rule the state?
The lady is Madonna Maria, daughter of Rome's Prefect, widow of Venanzio Varano, whom the Borgia strangled. On their discourse a tale will hang of woman's frailty and man's boldness Camerino's Duchess yielding to a low-born suitor's stalwart charms.
So long as he consented, it was of course in Camerino's interest not to contradict it, as it left him much more free to keep up his intimacy with the Countess." Stanmer had listened to all this with extreme attention. "Why didn't she contradict it?" I shrugged my shoulders. "I am bound to believe it was for the same reason. I was horrified, at any rate, by the whole story.
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