Which was an odd one; a troop going to act

In Sicily—all singers, duly reared

In their vocation, had not been attacked

In sailing from Livorno by the pirate,

But sold by the impresario at no high rate.[251]

LXXXI.

By one of these, the buffo[252] of the party,

Juan was told about their curious case;

For although destined to the Turkish mart, he