This Moor of the bad faith and doubtful race,

This boy to whose untried sagacity,

Raw valor, Florence trusts without reserve

The charge to save her,—justifies her choice;

In no point has this stranger failed his friends.

Now praise!" I say this, and it is not here.

Brac. [To the Sec.] Write, "Puccio, superseded in the charge,

By Luria, bears full witness to his worth,

Aid no reward our Signory can give

Their champion but he 'll back it cheerfully."