2050'Away with arguments, in vain you plead;

Our vow', quoth they, 'locked not her girdle ever.'

'I', quoth Pazzella, 'do abjure the tede:

Hymen shall ne'er my holy orders sever.

But spite of all the tricks the world does nurse,

I'll keep my virgins from the bridal curse.'

Without demurs, Don Rivelezzo then

With shrill-voiced trumpet made an echo speak;

Straight was the house environèd with men,

Which with their leaden globes an entrance break.