And gave Taverna, who had toiled so much,

A Cardinal's equipment, some such word

As this from mouth to ear went saucily:

"Taverna's cap is dyed in what he drew

From Santa Croce's veins!" So joked the world.

I add: Onofrio left one child behind,

A daughter named Valeria, dowered with grace

Abundantly of soul and body, doomed

To life the shorter for her father's fate.

By death of her, the Marquisate returned