The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-09-25

didst speak erstwhile," said Clan ia
copo, when I had finished, there is
to be q goodly pageant this very night
| in the. public square of Ffrenzalno,
which would not have thee miss for a
ducat. A monk of st. Marks, one
Brother Ambrose, Is to be burned at
the stake"
| I looked at him suspiciously.
Wherefore, menial" said I. doth
Savonarola remind thee Of this monk
who is to be burned at the stake?"
Wherefore. most pussant prince?"
answered he, without hesitancy. Mar
ry, for the reason that Savonarola was
prior of ST. Marks in ancient Florence,
whereas, Brother Ambrose is monk in
our own convent Of ST. Marks in Firen-
zalino.'
1 saw that 1t was a coincidence and
nothing more.
Honest Jacopo." said I. "for what
sin is this Brother Ambrose to be
burned?"
For the crime of blasphemy, my H.
lustrious master-rank and awful bias
phemy uttered in the presence OF the
holy prior of the convent. The cere-
mony will take place at vesper-time
this night, upon the public square OF
the city, and well 1 wot that 1t Will
be a rare privilege to assist at the per-
Torrance. There will be much people
present upon such holy day; but
since thy palace within the city, 'front.'
ing upon the street Of the Lions, is Sc
cretly connected with a small building
which faces upon the piazza publica.
from the loggia of this small building
we may enjoy the pageant without in
convenience from the multitude. We
will now ascend into the wardrobe of
thy deceased parent, that thou mayest
select and invest myself with such cos
tune as BELTS thy rank and preten-
sons; not forgetting, at the same time.
to conceal under thy finery a good steel
hauberk, as protection against the
chance thrusts of which 1 spoke erst-
while. The which done, it behooves us
eftsoonS to set out for the town, as the
city gates are ever closed at twenty
four of the clock and none may there
after enter"
followed my venerable adherent into
a sort of store room. which was SO full
of spangled, embroidered and gaudy
colored silk and velvet apparel and
armor and arms of all kinds, that it re-
sembled the property room of a large
theatre. Without much difficulty, 1
chose a suit of velvet, the body of
which was wine color, with sky blue
silk slashngs; and the puffed sleeves
and short puffed breeches of which,
vice versa, were blue. slashed with wine
color. To these I added pair of silk
hose, one garnet and one blue. blue
and garnet velvet cap, surmounted with
a herOn's plume, pair of blue and gar
net leather shoes with points which
turned up into the air at least six
inches. and a good Ferrara rapier, with
engraved blade and embossed hilt, and
I was at last fully CARRIED and equipped
When I came to the armor, had con-
siderably more trouble in pleasing my
self. The plate armor was heavy and
cumbersome and would not fit. 1 tried
on corselet after corselet, only to throw
them into the corner in disgust and
when at last l thought l had found one
that was comfortable, Jacopo informed
me that had it on wrong side before.
The suits of mail or chain armor were
not much better. From being much
worn by my predecessors. and from be-
ing much sat down in, every one of
them was baggy at the knees, and it
went against my first principles Of
dress to wear them. At last L managed
to find a very fine, light steel hauberk
or rather a shirt made of we'll tempered
chain woven together like steel dish
clout, and having placed it next my
underwear and beneath the gorgeous
doublet which I have Just described.