’Tis not every monk ceases living

With so pleasant a taste on his lips;

But, lest Montepulciano unsurely should kiss,

Take this![588] and this! and this!

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Cover him over, Pietro,[589]

And bury him in the court below[590]

You can be secret, lad, I know!

And, hark you,[591] then to the convent[592] go—

Bid every bell[593] in the convent toll,