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Updated: May 25, 2025
He filled a bag with them, and gave it to one of the sbirri, and then told me that I must also give up the bound manuscripts which I had in my possession. I shewed him where they were, and this incident opened my eyes. I saw now, clearly enough, that I had been betrayed by the wretch Manuzzi.
I did nothing, and made a great mistake. About the same time a man named Manuzzi, a stone setter for his first trade, and also a spy, a vile agent of the State Inquisitors a man of whom I knew nothing found a way to make my acquaintance by offering to let me have diamonds on credit, and by this means he got the entry of my house.
Messer-Grande took also the books on the table by my bed, such as Petrarch, Ariosto, Horace. This spy, Manuzzi, had all the appearance of an honest man a very necessary qualification for his profession.
I saw now, clearly enough, that I had been betrayed by the wretch Manuzzi. The books were, "The Key of Solomon the King," "The Zecorben," a "Picatrix," a book of "Instructions on the Planetary Hours," and the necessary incantations for conversing with demons of all sorts.
I did nothing, and made a great mistake. About the same time a man named Manuzzi, a stone setter for his first trade, and also a spy, a vile agent of the State Inquisitors a man of whom I knew nothing found a way to make my acquaintance by offering to let me have diamonds on credit, and by this means he got the entry of my house.
Those who were aware that I possessed these books took me for an expert magician, and I was not sorry to have such a reputation. Messer-Grande took also the books on the table by my bed, such as Petrarch, Ariosto, Horace. This spy, Manuzzi, had all the appearance of an honest man a very necessary qualification for his profession.
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