To Florence' bidding, howsoe'er it prove,

And give up the command to me—is much,

Too much, perhaps: but what you tell me now,

Even will affect the other course you choose—

Poor as it may be, perils even that!

Refuge you seek at Pisa: yet these plans

All militate for Florence, all conclude

Your formidable work to make her queen

O' the country,—which her rivals rose against

When you began it,—which to interrupt,