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"Thank you for your advice, Philippo, and be assured I shall be off the island before daybreak, but I have some work to do first, and cannot therefore accompany you." "May all the saints bless you, signor, and aid you to get safe away!
"His name is Il Cavaliero Philippo Forester, a gentleman who has the honour to be husband to this lady, and, with your ladyship's permission for using plain language, the misfortune not to value as it deserves that inestimable advantage." Lady Forester sighed deeply, and Lady Bothwell replied,
Have you the courage to behold with your own eyes what the Cavaliero Philippo Forester is now doing? or will you take it on my report?" "That question my sister must answer for herself," said Lady Bothwell.
Here, however, the Genoese were more on the alert, as the Pelestrina shore was held by the Venetians. Scarcely had they entered the channel, when a large rowboat shot out from the shadow of the shore and hailed them. "Stop rowing in that boat! Who are you that are entering so late?" "Fishermen," Philippo shouted back, but without stopping rowing. "Stop!" shouted the officer, "till we examine you!
By this time the exchange of clothes was effected, the six ducats in Philippo's purse the result of a little private plundering on one of the captured vessels divided; and then they left the prison room, and Philippo locked the door after them. "Is there any chance of Thomaso returning speedily?" Francis asked.
"Curiosity to know the fate of a Scottish gentleman of rank, now, or lately upon the Continent," answered the seer; "his name is Il Cavaliero Philippo Forester; a gentleman who has the honour to be husband to this lady, and, with your ladyship's permission for using plain language, the misfortune not to value as it deserves that inestimable advantage."
Coming across the water they could hear the sound of voices, and the dull noise made by the movement of men in a boat. "Those are the galleys watching the boom, I expect," Francis said. "Now, Philippo, we can move on. I suppose there is plenty of water, across the flats, for us to get into the channel without going near the boom."
You had better kill me at once." "But what am I to do, Philippo? I must ensure my own safety. If you will suggest any way by which I can do that, I will." "I would swear any oath you like, signor, that I will not give the alarm. I will make straight across the island, and get hold of a boat there, so as to be well away before your escape is known in the morning." "Well, look here, Philippo.
Then I will let you get up." Philippo held up his hands as requested, and Francis bound them tightly together with a strip of twisted cloth. He then allowed him to rise. "Now, Philippo, I must gag you. Then I will fasten your hands to a bar well above your head, so that you can't get at the rope with your teeth. I will leave you here till your comrade comes in the morning."
Its university attracted a great many of the sons of the prominent Italian families, chiefly on account of the fame of its professor of jurisprudence, Philippo Decio of Milan. At the university the young Borgia had two Spanish companions, who were favorites of his father, Francesco Romolini of Ilerda and Juan Vera of Arcilla in the kingdom of Valencia.
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