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and activity anor Gianettino bent

his steps He had seen the cook of the Spanish a those collected there, and as this cook was one of his

bitterest enenor Gianettino resolved to watch

him, and, if possible, to play hiled with the crowd, and n to his followers to keep at a

distance from him

It was certainly a very important affair hich the Spanish cook

Don Bempo was occupied, as it concerned the purchase of a fish that a

countryht

that the like had never been seen there It was the most remarkable

specimen hich the Roman fish-market had ever been honored But the

lucky fisherman was fully aware of the extraordinary beauty of his fish,

and in his arrogant pride demanded twenty ducats for it

That hat troubled Don Bele fish,

and the ed upon hient econoed upon hi as splendid as possible for the banquet which the

Duke of Griive in honor of the Archduke Ferdinand; indeed,

he had with an anxious sigh commanded him to outdo if possible the next

day's feast of Cardinal Bernis, and to provide yet rarer and more costly

viands than the French cook