—Might harbor easily when times were rude,

When Azzo schemed for Palma, to retrieve

That pledge of Agnes Este—loth to leave

Mantua unguarded with a vigilant eye,

While there Taurello bode ambiguously—

He who could have no motive now to moil

For his own fortunes since their utter spoil—

As it were worth while yet (went the report)

To disengage himself from her. In short,

Apollo vanished; a mean youth, just named