n and dead.
Ne'er lion, tiger, wolf, or bear knew greed
Hungrier than that man felt for human blood;
Nor viper with more venous fang did feed. 注释标题 An invective against Pier Luigi Farnese.
The cruel chief was he of robbers' brood,
Worst of the worst among a gang of knaves;
Hist! I'll speak soft lest I be understood!
Say, have ye seen catchpolls, the famished slaves,
In act a poor man's hestead to distrain,
Smashing down Christs, Madonnas, with their staves?
So on the first of August did that train
Dislodge me to a tb more foul, more cold:-
“November damns and dos each rogue to pain!” 注释标题 Allusion to the prophetic words he flung at the officers who took him to Foiano's dungeon.
I at mine ears a trumpet had which told
Truth; and each word to them I did repeat,
Reckless, if but grief's load fr me were rolled.
They, when they saw their final hope retreat,
Gave me a diamond, pounded, no fair ring,
Deeming that I must die if I should eat.
That villain churl whose office ‘twas to bring
My food, I bade taste first; but meanwhile thought:
“Not here I find my foe Durante's sting!”
Yet erst my mind unto high God I brought
Beseeching Him to pardon all my sin,
And spoke a Miserere sorrow-fraught.
Then when I gained se respite fr that din
Of troubles, and had given my soul to
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