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CHAPTER XII. LUCREZIA'S THIRD MARRIAGE

At about the same time that Burchard was making in his Diarium those entries which reflect so grossly upon the Pope and Lucrezia, Gianluca Pozzi, the ambassador of Ferrara at the Vatican, was writing the following letter to his master, Duke Ercole, Lucrezia's father-in-law elect:

"This evening, after supper, I accompanied Messer Gerardo Saraceni to visit the Most Illustrious Madonna Lucrezia in your Excellency's name and that of the Most Illustrious Don Alfonso. We entered into a long discussion touching various matters. In truth she showed herself a prudent, discreet, and good-natured lady."(1)

1 See Gregorovius's Lucrezia Borgia.

The handsome, athletic Cardinal Ippolito d'Este, with his brothers Sigismondo and Fernando, had arrived in Rome on December 23 with the imposing escort that was to accompany their brother Alfonso's bride back to Ferrara.

Cesare was prominent in the welcome given them. Never, perhaps, had he made greater display than on the occasion of his riding out to meet the Ferrarese, accompanied by no fewer than 4,000 men-at-arms, and mounted on a great war-horse whose trappings of cloth of gold and jewels were estimated at 10,000 ducats.

The days and nights that followed, until Lucrezia's departure a fortnight later, were days and nights of gaiety and merry-making at the Vatican; in banquets, dancing, the performance of comedies, masques, etc., was the time made to pass as agreeably as might be for the guests from Ferrara, and in all Cesare was conspicuous, either for the grace and zest with which he nightly danced, or for the skill and daring which he displayed in the daily joustings and entertainments, and more particularly in the bull-fight that was included in them.

1. Who rode out to meet someone?
2. With how many people?
3. And on what?
4. With things worth how much?
5. How long was the party?
6. Was there dancing?
7. Did Cesare dance?
8. What ended the celebration?
9. Who was she to marry?
10. What character traits did she have?
11. What was her title?
12. Which of the brothers was getting married?
13. How many brothers did he have?
14. Where did they go?
15. When did they arrive?
16. Who wrote the letter?
17. What was his name?
18. To who did he write?
19. Named?
20. What was the future groom's title?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Cesare
2. no fewer than 4,000 men-
3. a horse
4. 10,000 ducats
5. days and nights
6. yes
7. Yes
8. Lucrezia's departure
9. Duke Ercole's son
10. she was a prudent, discreet, and good-natured
11. the Most Illustrious Madonna
12. Alfonso
13. Two
14. Rome
15. December 23
16. the ambassador of Ferrara
17. Gianluca Pozzi
18. his master
19. Duke Ercole
20. Cardinal Ippolito d'Este

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CHAPTER XVIII

When Jethro Bass walked out of the hotel that evening men looked at him, and made way for him, but none spoke to him. There was something in his face that forbade speech. He was a great man once more--a greater man than ever; and he had, if the persistent rumors were true, accomplished an almost incomprehensible feat, even for Jethro Bass. There was another reason, too, why they stared at him. In all those twelve weeks of that most trying of all sessions he had not once gone into the street, and he had been less than ever common in the eyes of men. Twice a day he had descended to the dining room for a simple meal--that was all; and fewer had gained entrance to Room Number 7 this session than ever before.

There is a river that flows by the capital, a wide and gentle river bordered by green meadows and fringed with willows; higher up, if you go far enough, a forest comes down to the water on the western side. Jethro walked through the hooded bridge, and up the eastern bank until he could see the forest like a black band between the orange sky and the orange river, and there he sat down upon a fallen log on the edge of the bank. But Jethro was thinking of another scene,--of a granite-ribbed pasture on Coniston Mountain that swings in limitless space, from either end of which a man may step off into eternity. William Wetherell, in one of his letters, had described that place as the Threshold of the Nameless Worlds, and so it had seemed to Jethro in the years of his desolation. He was thinking of it now, even as it had been in his mind that winter's evening when Cynthia had come to Coniston and had surprised him with that look of terrible loneliness on his face.

1. Who had achieved something?
2. Where was he coming from?
3. Did he speak with anyone?
4. And they to him?
5. How long had it been since he went in to the hotel?
6. Was he easy to find?
7. How many times would he leave his room in a day?
8. To do what?
9. What ws Jethro thinking of?
10. Was it near the ocean?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Jethro Bas
2. the hotel
3. no
4. no
5. twelve weeks
6. he had not once gone into the street
7. Twice a day
8. eat
9. another scene
10. no

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London i/lndn/ is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south eastern part of the island of Great Britain, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. It was founded by the Romans, who named it Londinium. London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its 1.12-square-mile (2.9 km2) medieval boundaries and in 2011 had a resident population of 7,375, making it the smallest city in England. Since at least the 19th century, the term London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms Greater London,[note 1] a region of England governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.[note 2] The conurbation also covers two English counties: the small district of the City of London and the county of Greater London. The latter constitutes the vast majority of London, though historically it was split between Middlesex (a now abolished county), Essex, Surrey, Kent and Hertfordshire.

1. What was London called originally?
2. Who founded it?
3. What's the small, central part called?
4. What's the name of that area?
5. How big is it?
6. Have the borders of the City of changed a lot in the last few centuries?
7. What else is called by that city name?
8. What is that and the central area called when considered together?
9. Who rules it?
10. What landmass is it on?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Londinium
2. The Romans
3. London's ancient core
4. The City of London
5. Small
6. No
7. The metropolis developed around this core.
8. Greater London
9. The Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
10. The island of Great Britain