Fled away for their lives, and lucky so;

Found their account in casting coat afar

And bearing off a shred of skin at least:

Left Guido lord o' the prey, as the lion is,

And, careless what came after, carried their wrongs

To Rome,—I nothing doubt, with such remorse

As folly feels, since pain can make it wise,

But crime, past wisdom, which is innocence,

Needs not be plagued with till a later day.

Pietro went back to beg from door to door,