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Till then suspend it in your studio��

You artists like such trifles。



FRA SEBASTIANO。

                        I will keep it

In memory of the donor。 Many thanks。



IPPOLITO。

Fra Bastian�察�I am growing tired of Rome��

The old dead city�察�with the old dead people��

Priests everywhere�察�like shadows on a wall��

And morning�察�noon�察�and night the ceaseless sound

Of convent bells。  I must be gone from here��

Though Ovid somewhere says that Rome is worthy

To be the dwelling´place of all the Gods��

I must be gone from here。  To´morrow morning

I start for Itri�察�and go thence by sea

To join the Emperor�察�who is making war

Upon the Algerines�察�perhaps to sink

Some Turkish galleys�察�and bring back in chains

The famous corsair。  Thus would I avenge

The beautiful Gonzaga。



FRA SEBASTIANO。

                     An achievement

Worthy of Charlemagne�察�or of Orlando。

Berni and Ariosto both shall add

A canto to their poems�察�and describe you

As Furioso and Innamorato。

Now I must say good´night。



IPPOLITO。

                      You must not go��

First you shall sup with me。  My seneschal

Giovan Andrea dal Borgo a San Sepolcro��

I like to give the whole sonorous name��

It sounds so like a verse of the Aeneid��

Has brought me eels fresh from the Lake of Fondi��

And Lucrine oysters cradled in their shells��

These�察�with red Fondi wine�察�the Caecu ban

That Horace speaks of�察�under a hundred keys

Kept safe�察�until the heir of Posthumus

Shall stain the pavement with it�察�make a feast

Fit for Lucullus�察�or Fra Bastian even��

So we will go to supper�察�and be merry。



FRA SEBASTIANO。

Beware�  �I Remember that Bolsena's eels

And Vernage wine once killed a Pope of Rome��



IPPOLITO。

'T was a French Pope�察�and then so long ago��

Who knows��perhaps the story is not true。







IV。



BORGO DELLE VERGINE AT NAPLES



Room in the Palace of JULIA GONZAGA。  Night。



JULIA GONZAGA�察�GIOVANNI VALDESSO。



JULIA。

Do not go yet。



VALDESSO。

            The night is far advanced��

I fear to stay too late�察�and weary you

With these discussions。



JULIA。

                     I have much to say。

I speak to you�察�Valdesso�察�with that frankness

Which is the greatest privilege of friendship。

Speak as I hardly would to my confessor��

Such is my confidence in you。



VALDESSO。

                          Dear Countess

If loyalty to friendship be a claim

Upon your confidence�察�then I may claim it。



JULIA。

Then sit again�察�and listen unto things

That nearer are to me than life itself。



VALDESSO。

In all things I am happy to obey you��

And happiest then when you command me most。



JULIA。

Laying aside all useless rhetoric��

That is superfluous between us two��

I come at once unto the point and say��

You know my outward life�察�my rank and fortune��

Countess of Fondi�察�Duchess of Trajetto��

A widow rich and flattered�察�for whose hand

In marriage princes ask�察�and ask it only

To be rejected。  All the world can offer

Lies at my feet。  If I remind you of it��

It is not in the way of idle boasting��

But only to the better understanding

Of what comes after。



VALDESSO。

                God hath given you also

Beauty and intellect�察�and the signal grace

To lead a spotless life amid temptations��

That others yield to。



JULIA。

                  But the inward life��

That you know not�察�'t is known but to myself��

And is to me a mystery and a pain。

A soul disquieted�察�and ill at ease��

A mind perplexed with doubts and apprehensions��

A heart dissatisfied with all around me��

And with myself�察�so that sometimes I weep��

Discouraged and disgusted with the world。



VALDESSO。

Whene'er we cross a river at a ford��

If we would pass in safety�察�we must keep

Our eyes fixed steadfast on the shore beyond��

For if we cast them on the flowing stream��

The head swims with it�察�so if we would cross

The running flood of things here in the world��

Our souls must not look down�察�but fix their sight

On the firm land beyond。



JULIA。

                    I comprehend you。

You think I am too worldly�察�that my head

Swims with the giddying whirl of life about me。

Is that your meaning��



VALDESSO。

                Yes�察�your meditations

Are more of this world and its vanities

Than of the world to come。



JULIA。

                      Between the two

I am confused。



VALDESSO。

            Yet have I seen you listen

Enraptured when Fra Bernardino preached

Of faith and hope and charity。



JULIA。

                             I listen��

But only as to music without meaning。

It moves me for the moment�察�and I think

How beautiful it is to be a saint��

As dear Vittoria is�察�but I am weak

And  wayward�察�and I soon fall back again

To my old ways�察�so very easily。

There are too many week´days for one Sunday。



VALDESSO。

Then take the Sunday with you through the week��

And sweeten with it all the other days。



JULIA。

In part I do so�察�for to put a stop

To idle tongues�察�what men might say of me

If I lived all alone here in my palace��

And not from a vocation that I feel

For the monastic life�察�I now am living

With Sister Caterina at the convent

Of Santa Chiara�察�and I come here only

On certain days�察�for my affairs�察�or visits

Of ceremony�察�or to be with friends。

For I confess�察�to live among my friends

Is Paradise to me�察�my Purgatory

Is living among people I dislike。

And so I pass my life in these two worlds��

This palace and the convent。



VALDESSO。

                           It was then

The fear of man�察�and not the love of God��

That led you to this step。  Why will you not

Give all your heart to God��



JULIA。

                   If God commands it��

Wherefore hath He not made me capable

Of doing for Him what I wish to do

As easily as I could offer Him

This jewel from my hand�察�this gown I wear��

Or aught else that is mine��



VALDESSO。

                     The hindrance lies

In that original sin�察�by which all fell。



JULIA。

Ah me�察�I cannot bring my troubled mind

To wish well to that Adam�察�our first parent��

Who by his sin lost Paradise for us��

And brought such ills upon us。



VALDESSO。

                        We ourselves��

When we commit a sin�察�lose Paradise��

As much as he did。  Let us think of this��

And how we may regain it。



JULIA。

                    Teach me�察�then��

To harmonize the discord of my life��

And stop the painful jangle of these wires。



VALDESSO。

That is a task impossible�察�until

You tune your heart´strings to a higher key

Than earthly melodies。



JULIA。

                    How shall I do it��

Point out to me the way of this perfection��

And I will follow you�察�for you have made

My soul enamored with it�察�and I cannot

Rest satisfied until I find it out。

But lead me privately�察�so that the world

Hear not my steps�察�I would not give occasion

For talk among the people。



VALDESSO。

                          Now at last

I understand you fully。  Then�察�what need

Is there for us to beat about the bush��

I know what you desire of me。



JULIA。

                        What rudeness��

If you already know it�察�why not tell me��



VALDESSO。

Because I rather wait for you to ask it

With your own lips。



JULIA。

            Do me the kindness�察�then��

To speak without reserve�察�and with all frankness��

If you divine the truth�察�will I confess it。



VALDESSO。

I am content。



JULIA。

               Then speak。



VALDESSO。

                    You would be free

From the vexatious thoughts that come and go

Through your imagination�察�and would have me

Point out some royal road and lady´like

Which you may walk in�察�and not wound your feet��

You would attain to the divine perfection��

And yet not turn your back upon the world��

You would possess humility within��

But not reveal it in your outward actions��

You would have patience�察�but without the rude

Occasions that require its exercise��

You would despise the world�察�but in such fashion

The world should not despise you in return��

Would clothe the soul with all the Christian graces��

Yet not despoil the body of its gauds��

Would feed the soul with spiritual food��

Yet not deprive the body of its feasts��

Would seem angelic in the sight of God��

Yet not too saint´like in the eyes of men��

In short�察�would lead a holy Christian life

In such a way that even your nearest friend

Would not detect therein one circumstance

To show a change from what it was before。

Have I divined your secret��



JULIA。

                      You have drawn

The portrait of my inner self as truly

As the most skilful painter ever painted

A human face。



VALDESSO。

          This warrants me in saying

You think you can win heaven by compromise��

And not by verdict。



JULIA

               You have often told me

That a bad compromise was better even

Than a good verdict。



VALDESSO。

                 Yes�察�in suits at law��

Not in religion。  With the human soul

There is no compromise。  By faith alone

Can man be justified。



JULIA。

                 Hush�察�dear Valdesso��

That is a heresy。  Do not�察�I pray you��

Proclaim it from the house´top�察�but preserve it

As something precious�察�hidden in your heart��

As I�察�who half believe and tremble at it。



VALDESSO。

I must proclaim the truth。



JULIA。

                           Enthusiast��

Why must you�拭 �You imperil both yourself

And friends by your imprudence。  Pray�察�be patient。

You have occasion now to show that virtue

Which you lay stress upon。  Let us return

To our lost pathway。  Show me by what steps

I shall walk in it。

                  ��Convent bells are heard。



VALDESSO。

                  Hark� �the convent bells

Are ringing�察�it is midnight�察�I must leave you。

And yet I linger。  Pardon me�察�dear Countess��

Since you

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