He up this evening's work, that, when 't was brushed

Somehow against by a blind chronicle

Which, chronicling whatever woe befell

Ferrara, noted this the obscure woe

Of "Salinguerra's sole son Giacomo

Deceased, fatuous and doting, ere his sire,"

The townsfolk rubbed their eyes, could but admire

Which of Sofia's five was meant.

The chaps

Of earth's dead hope were tardy to collapse,