Now, this Pompilia seeing that, by death

O' the couple, all their wealth devolved on her,

Straight utilized the respite ere decease,

By regular conveyance of the goods

She thought her own, to will and to devise,—

Gave all to friends, Tighetti and the like,

In trust for him she held her son and heir,

Gaetano,—trust which ends with infancy:

So willing and devising, since assured

The justice of the court would presently