No nation wanted it so much,"
to give nicknames, of which Cancerina was one, to the poor old wretches he met in his walks, to whom he gave charity.
Amongst Cancerina's sisters in misery were Stompanympha, Pullagowna, Friterilla, Stumphantha.
THE MAESTRO'S CONFESSION.
(ANDREA DAL CASTAGNO—1460.)
I.
Threescore and ten!
I wish it were all to live again.
Doesn't the Scripture somewhere say,
By reason of strength men oft-times may