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But this priest remained not long upon the island, and the people, destitute of all spiritual instructions, returned soon after, through their natural inconstancy, to their original barbarism. In this condition was the Isle del Moro when it was spoken of to Father Xavier; and for this very reason, he determined to go, and preach the gospel there, after he had stayed for three months at Ternate.
"Not when I left, Captain. But four of our native Moro laborers were shot dead before they could reach the main house. The main house was being defended by Seaforth when I left." "How many white men there?" "Seaforth, his son, his superintendent and a blacksmith." "They all escaped into the house at the attack?" "Yes." "Any natives helping Seaforth in the defense?"
The date of the wedding was fixed for the last week in November, and Lodovico prepared to celebrate the event with fitting splendour. The widowed Duchess Bona was transported with joy at the prospect of this exalted alliance, and forgave the Moro all his sins in her delight at seeing her daughter become an empress.
In the meantime Lieutenant Prescott discovered that none of the whites in the house had been hit, though one of the loyal Moro defenders of the house had been killed and two others wounded. Then the lieutenant told of Edwards's death. A young woman in the room promptly fainted. "That's Miss Daly, the school teacher," explained Mr. Seaforth. "She and Edwards were engaged to be married."
She had by this time reached the age of ten, and her espoused husband was exactly thirty-four. Lodovico Sforza Known as Il Moro His birth and childhood Murder of Duke Galeazzo Maria Regency of Duchess Bona Exile of the Sforza brothers Lodovico at Pisa His invasion of Lombardy and return to Milan Death of Cecco Simonetta Flight of Duchess Bona Lodovico Regent of Milan.
Only he engaged his royal word, that in case the Portuguese would invest one of his sons in the kingdom of the Isles del Moro, he would on that condition receive baptism. Father Xavier obtained from the viceroy of the Indies whatever the king of Ternate had desired; but the barbarian, far from keeping his promise, began from thenceforward a cruel persecution against his Christian subjects.
The chief inmates were some Papal soldiers of ruffianly air, engaged in the clamorous game of moro. Unlike the close shorn Englishmen, their beards and mustachios, were allowed to grow to such length, as to hide the greater part of the face. Their animated gestures and savage countenances, would have accorded well with a bandit group by Salvator.
There is no mistaking the long black hair, the refined features, and long nose of the Moro, while in Beatrice's features we recognize the same youthful and child-like charm that mark her countenance in Cristoforo Romano's bust or Solari's effigy in the Certosa of Pavia. Luzio-Renier, op. cit., p. 630.
Both tendencies are sometimes aptly combined in their works, and their portraits, especially those of Antoine Moro, still place the Antwerp school of the sixteenth century in the forefront of European Art, but the general decadence of native inspiration is nevertheless plainly apparent. The favour shown to these painters by the governors under Charles V and Philip II is significant.
The man thanked him and left, accompanied by the priest, who carried the lamp as far as the middle of the courtyard and waited there until the Moro called to him from outside the gateway that no one was there. Then Don Rocco went to close the gate, and re-entered the house. He could not go to bed at once. He was too agitated. Body of Bacchus! he kept repeating to himself. Body of Bacchus!
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