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"My friends," said Rienzi, "Messere Brettone and Messere Arimbaldo have my directions to divide amongst your force a thousand florins. This evening we encamp beneath Palestrina." The constables withdrew in visible surprise. Rienzi gazed a moment on the brothers, chuckling within himself for his sarcastic humour enjoyed his triumph. "You lament not your devotion, my friends!"
When the cavalcade was on the point to start, Angioletto stepped forward and took Bellaroba by the hand. "Little lady," says he to his blushing captive, "I have a mule for the road which I am assured is a steady pacer. Will you be my pillion?" "Oh, yes, Messere," said Bellaroba in a twitter, and dropped him a curtsy of her best. "Excellent!" he cried gaily. "I can see that we are to be friends."
"You are pleased with the castle, messere?" As I was striving to respond, Antonio said to her, half aside, in that quaint species of Italian which he had used before: "He speaks our language with difficulty, Madonna, and in a dialect. This disability will embarrass him till he finds himself more at home." "Then let us sup," she exclaimed.
But to give you a little account of the state of Messere up to this hour, which is the third of the night, I inform you that just now I left him quite composed and fully conscious, but oppressed with continual drowsiness.
San Giovanni had been the patron saint of Florence for at least eight hundred years ever since the time when the Lombard Queen Theodolinda had commanded her subjects to do him peculiar honour; nay, says old Villani, to the best of his knowledge, ever since the days of Constantino the Great and Pope Sylvester, when the Florentines deposed their idol Mars, whom they were nevertheless careful not to treat with contumely; for while they consecrated their beautiful and noble temple to the honour of God and of the "Beato Messere Santo Giovanni," they placed old Mars respectfully on a high tower near the River Arno, finding in certain ancient memorials that he had been elected as their tutelar deity under such astral influences that if he were broken, or otherwise treated with indignity, the city would suffer great damage and mutation.
I am your wife . . ." She broke off with a shiver. "There is something in the name, messere is there not? that should move you to kindness, as a sportsman takes his game not unkindly to break its neck. That is all I ask of you " "Princess!" She lifted a hand. " except that you will let me say what I have to say.
Scarce were these words spoken, ere, as previously concerted with Brettone, the chief constable of the mercenaries appeared at the door. "Senator," said he, with a rough semblance of aspect, "your orders to march have reached me, I have sought to marshal my men but " "I know what thou wouldst say, friend," interrupted Rienzi, waving his hand: "Messere Brettone will give you my reply.
Which operation being over, the mannerly Sienese courteously gave mine host a whole bushel of thanks, saying to him, Io ti ringratio, bel messere; cosi facendo tu m' ai esparmiata la speza d'un servitiale. I'll give you another example of Edward V., King of England.
Let it be known and manifest to whoever reads this scrip, how Messere Bernardo Cencio, Canon of St.
A brisk little passage, a rally of words, with a bite in some of them, should have warned him; but no, the stage he had reached was out of range of the longest shots. Said Ugolino at supper: "Messer Giurisconsulto, will you have a red pepper?" "Thank you, Messere," replied Cino, "it is over hot for my tongue." The huge Ridolfo threw his head back to laugh.
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