Know, then, thatIGuidodelDucaam.

Mybloodwassowithenvysetonfire,

ThatifIhadbeheldamanmakemerry,

Thouwouldsthaveseenmesprinkledo'erwithpallor.

FrommyownsowingsuchthestrawIreap!

Ohumanrace! whydostthousetthyheart

Whereinterdictofpartnershipmustbe?

ThisisRenier; thisistheboastandhonour

OfthehouseofCalboli, wherenoonesince

Hasmadehimselftheheirofhisdesert.

Andnotalonehisbloodismadedevoid,

'TwixtPoandmount, andsea-shoreandtheReno,

Ofgoodrequiredfortruthandfordiversion;

Forallwithintheseboundariesisfull

Ofvenomousroots, sothattootardily

Bycultivationnowwouldtheydiminish.

WhereisgoodLizio, andArrigoManardi,

PierTraversaro, andGuidodiCarpigna,

ORomagnuoliintobastardsturned?

WheninBolognawillaFabbrorise?

WheninFaenzaaBernardindiFosco,

Thenoblescionofignobleseed?

Benotastonished, Tuscan, ifIweep,

WhenIremember, withGuidodaPrata,

Ugolind' Azzo, whowaslivingwithus,

FrederickTignosoandhiscompany,

ThehouseofTraversara, andth' Anastagi,

Andoneraceandtheotherisextinct;

Thedamesandcavaliers, thetoilsandease

Thatfilledoursoulswithloveandcourtesy,

Therewheretheheartshavesomaliciousgrown!

OBrettinoro! whydostthounotflee,

Seeingthatallthyfamilyisgone,

Andmanypeople, nottobecorrupted?

Bagnacavaldoeswellinnotbegetting

AndilldoesCastrocaro, andConioworse,

IntakingtroubletobegetsuchCounts.

WilldowellthePagani, whentheirDevil

Shallhavedeparted; butnotthereforepure

Willtestimonyoftheme'erremain.