Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-11-28

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the greaves being somewhat too long by !
which he was very much encountered IN
lifting his feet from the ground.
Meanwhile, Monaco and Pilucca had
gone upon their respective missions
the one to the shop Of the haberdasher,
the other to Grecheito's fencing school
(Which was then held in the tower hard
by the old market-piace)-and both al
6rmcd to the ~bystanders, that Neri
C~hiarumonlesi had gone out of his sem
ses, and attempted to kill his own moth
err, and thrown all his household goods
into "a well; and that he had at last arm
ed himself cap-a-pic in one of my Lord
T~ornaquinci's suits, and, with his lance
in rest, was driving all the people heller
SHELTER before him To which Pilucca
(who was at the fencing school) added,
how he had heard him swear a terrible
oath that he would go to C~accherino's
shop, aud give him a ~drubbing: upon
which the greater part Of the young men
who were present ran out of school to
sec the fun, with so much the greater
delight, as that same haberdashcr was
an object o fgencral dislike on account
Of his ignorance and presumption, and
having the most cursed and slanderous
tongue in all Observation-Disclosures
which, his shop was the resort of noble
AID honorable gallants, to whom Mo-
naco was at the same time busy in re-
Iating various other particulars Of the
extravaganza and madness of Neri.
Meanwhile N n himself, having left
the knights house which was ear st.
Marie Novella made his progress to
Caccberino's shop, not without much
wonder and laughter Of all beholders;---
and on his arrival at the door gavo a
laundering rap, and bursting it open, en-
tered with furious gestures, in complete
armour as he was, exclaiming with a
loud voice. Aha, traitors-Aha! ye arc
all dead mem and forthwith put mia
lance in rest They who were present,
alarmed by what they had just heard, no
less than by what they themselves saw
and Witnessed. wera soon seized with a
perfect panic, and fled away in all direc-
tons some to the counting house some
behind the counter, Or under chairs and
tables; some shouting, some threatening,
some praying, in short, the uproar was
quite prodiglous.
Scheggia, who had followed close mt
his heels all the way, no sooner saw him
entered, than he ran off full speed to-
wards Portor0ssa, where dwelt his uncle
Agnolo Charamontesi, Gan old man, one
Of the wOoIlen trade, and q citizen Of
fair credit and reputation and told him
quite cut Of breath, that he must make
all haste to the shop Of Caccherlno, the
mercer, where he would find his nephew
who was raving mad, and with lance in
hand laying about him, so that it was to
be feared great mischief might ensuo.
W%hereupon Agnolo (who having no
children of his own, entertained great
affection for his %nephew) exclaimed,
" Alas! alas! what is this you tell mel"
-" Onlythe exact truth" replied Sceg-
gia; and added, "Come, come away
quickly, and bring with you some four
or five of your worsmen, to seize and
hind HIM, and convey him, bound to your
house; and then, when you have kept
him three or four days in the dark, with
out any body to speak to, it may be ho-
ped that he will be brought back to his
senses"
Having no reason to disbelieye a state
ment made w,th so much apparent sim
certify, the old gentleman Immediately
rose, and calling half a dozen Of his
wool-combers and carders together, all
stout young men, and telling them to
provide ropes, they all went to Cache
%rino's, where they found every thing in
the terror and confusion already desert
bed, and Nerl himself Growing with tri-
umph at the effects of his prowess, and
still laying about him with his lance in
every direction where he thought he
could add to their CONSERVATION, without
doing any actual mischief. His uncle
having observed for a while his mad ac-
tions, crept slowly toward him from be-
mind, and suddenly laying hold on the
instrument of fancied destruction, cried
in a loud voice, Stand firm there!-
What in Gods name, are you doing
nephew?' Then turning TO his follow
ers, /" Make haste," he said, "disarm
him-throw him on the ground, and bind
HIM as fast as possible. :" These drec-
tons were no sooner given than followed;
and before he had time to recover from
his a%mazement, they had him stretched
on the ground, some holding him by the
arms, others by the legs, and in spite of
all his EXPLANATIONS Of what are you
about me, villains-I am no,
mid-unhand me!' soon finished their
work, binding him hand and foot, in such