That, Guido Franceschini wrote, say we:

Because Pompilia could not read nor write,

Therefore he pencilled her such letter first,

Then made her trace in ink the same again."

—Ha, my Bottini, have I thee on hip?

How will he turn this and break Tully's pate?

"Existimandum" (don't I hear the dog!)

"Quod Guido designaverit elementa

Dictæ epistolæ, quæ fuerint

(Superinducto ab ea calamo)