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Memmo--I have heard a thousand stories about this miscreant, the

one more wonderful than the other; and for my own part I verily

believe that he is Satan himself in a human form I must say that I

think it would be wiser not to let hi us all as we stand here, one after

another, without mercy

"Gracious Heaven!" screale us in this very chamber?"

Contarino--The principal point is, whether Flodoardo will get the

better of HIM, or HE of Flodoardo Noould lay a heavy wager

that the Florentine will return without having finished the

business

A Senator--And I would engage, on the contrary, that there is but

oneAbellino, and that THAT

man is Flodoardo of Florence The moment that I became acquainted

with him, I prophesied that one day or other he would play a

brilliant part in the annals of history

Another Senator--I think with you, signor Never was I so struck

with a ht as I ith Flodoardo