“Chiama e chiama più forte.
E chiama ancora per tre volte
E chiama il tuo prottetore,
Chi é con te a tutte le ore
E mai non ti lascera se sempre
Lui invochera.”“Spirit, who art the chief of all the spirits!
Who art the king of all the sorcerers!
Bring unto me some object which may serve
To represent our land, and be its crest.”
“To which a voice replied:
“Call out aloud, then more forcibly,
And yet again three times, and unto him
Who is thy guardian and ever with thee,
And who will never leave thee—call to him!”
“And who art thou who speakest to me?” asked the girl.
“I am the Spirit of the Red Cap.”
“And who is my protector?”
“The magician Virgil,” replied the Voice.
Then she invoked Virgil, who appeared in person, and asked what she would have.
She replied that she had been charged to find a name and object to represent the land.
“It is well,” answered Virgil. “I have already written the name on a leaf; now take this thing in thy hand”—here he gave her an onion—“and cast it into yonder cavern, from which there is an underground way.”