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was, and conveyed him to the Benedictine convent, together with the wounded Paulo, who unceasingly vociferated on the way thither, "I demand to be sent to the Inquision! I demand to be sent to the Inquisition!"
CHAP. VI.
"In earliest Greece to thee, with partial choice,The grief-full Muse address'd her infant tongue;The maids and matrons on her, awful voice,Silent and pale, in wild amazement hung."Collins's Ode to Fear.
The wounds of Vivaldi, and of his servant, were pronounced, by the Benedictine who had examined and dressed them, to be not dangerous, but those of one of the ruffians were declared doubtful. Some few of the brothers displayed much compassion and kindness towards the prison-ers;