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"I think," said Pandulfo, after a pause, "that it will not be in human nature, if the men you pardon, thus offending and thus convicted, again attempt your life!" "Methinks," said Rienzi, "we must do even more than pardon. The first great Caesar, when he did not crush a foe, strove to convert him to a friend " "And perished by the attempt," said Baroncelli, abruptly.
"Hark to one of our learned men, and rich citizens!" said the butcher, reverently. "'Tis a friend of Rienzi's," quoth another of the group, lifting his cap. With downcast eyes, and a face in which grief, shame, and wrath, were visibly expressed, Pandulfo di Guido, a citizen of birth and repute, swept slowly through the crowd, and disappeared.
B.," said he, in the tranquil voice of business, to the clerks; "see there, the profits of the salt duty; department No.3 very well. D. what is the account rendered by Vescobaldi, the collector? What! twelve thousand florins? no more? unconscionable rascal!" Santi, what is the entry given in by Antonio Tralli?" A slight tap was heard at the door, and Pandulfo entered.
Ha, my Pandulfo welcome! thou, my old friend, shalt buckle on this mantle!" And while Pandulfo was engaged in the task, the Tribune whispered a few words in his ear, which, by the smile on his countenance, seemed to the attendants one of the familiar jests with which Rienzi distinguished his intercourse with his more confidential intimates.
Then, with more moderation, he proposed to appeal to the Pope, and to redress all grievances that had arisen in his own time or in that of his brothers; but they still adhered to their demands, and when Pandulfo called on the Primate to excommunicate the insurgent barons, Langton made answer that he was better instructed in the Pope's views, and unless the King dismissed his foreign soldiers, he should be obliged to excommunicate them.
The excommunication was removed, and the hateful John was declared a favored son of the Church, while Pandulfo went to put a stop to the French expedition. This was not quite so easy; Philippe Auguste had been at great expense, and he could not endure to let his enemy escape him; he was the Pope's friend only when it suited him, and he swore that, Pope or no Pope, he would invade England.
"Pandulfo di Guido," he said, turning to that citizen, "you are right; you spoke as a wise man and a patriot, when you said that to cut off with one blow, however merited, the noblest heads of Rome would endanger the State, sully our purple with an indelible stain, and unite the nobility of Italy against us." "Such, Tribune, was my argument, though the Council have decided otherwise."
John consented, and Pandulfo, coming to him at Dover, terrified him dreadfully with the description of the French armament, and then skilfully talked of the Pope's clemency and forgiveness. This took the more effect that Ascension Day was approaching, and the prediction of Peter of Wakefield way preying on his mind.
"Thou hast spoken to all the brave men in thy neighbourhood, are they well prepared?" "To live or die, as Rienzi bids them!" "I must have the list the number names houses and callings, this night." "Thou shalt." "Each man must sign his name or mark with his own hand." "It shall be done." "Then, harkye! attend Pandulfo di Guido at his house this evening, at sunset.
He learned further, that, short as had been his absence, Pandulfo di Guido had twice addressed the populace, not in favour of the Senator, but in artful regrets of the loss to the trade of Rome in the absence of her wealthiest nobles. "For this, then, he has deserted me," said Rienzi to himself. "Let him beware!"
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