"Whip, driver! Money makes the mare to go,

And we 've a bagful. Take the Roman road!"

So said the neighbors. This was eight hours since.

Guido heard all, swore the befitting oaths,

Shook off the relics of his poison-drench,

Got horse, was fairly started in pursuit

With never a friend to follow, found the track

Fast enough, 't was the straight Perugia way,

Trod soon upon their very heels, too late

By a minute only at Camoscia, reached