Ant. I know it by more than inspiration. You had them out of a wall, you say.
Lio. Yes, sir.
Ant. Well, then, however you came by them, they were first brought to Venice by Cardinal Grimani,[342] a patriarch, and were digged out of the ruins of Aquileia, after it was sacked by Attila king of the Huns.
Lio. This to me is wonderful.
Ant. Petro, I mean to retire, and give myself wholly to contemplation of these studies; and because nothing shall hinder me, I mean to lease out my lands and live confined: inquire me out a chapman that will take them of me.
Lio. If you please to let them, sir, I will help you to a tenant.
Ant. Will you, sir? with all my heart, and I'll afford him the better bargain for your sake.
Pet. He may pay the rent with counters, and make him believe they are antiquities.
Ant. What's the yearly rent of them, Petro?
Pet. They have been racked, sir, to three thousand crowns; but the old rent was never above fifteen hundred.