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"Give the ten thousand scudi at once!" said Albani, with decision

"And the drops?"

"The pope's wine is too strong: I will reduce it a little with this pure

water"() () The poison, Acqua Tofana, is pure and clear as water,

without taste or smell It is prepared froredients, which,

however, are only known to the makers of it That the Acqua

Tofana is made fro, is an idle tale Allessandro Borgia was the

first to bring it into use