The Nights of Straparola . ately presented themselves before her with loud shrieks, andcried, Command us to do thy will. Gabrina then said, I conjureand command you that, without any delay, you truthfully disclose tome where Ortodosio Simeoni, the husband of Isabella, now abides, andwhether he be living or dead. Know, Gabrina, said Astaroth, that Ortodosio lives, and is inFlanders, and that he is consumed by so fierce a passion for a certainwoman called Argentina that he no longer remembers his own the witch heard this she commanded Fafarello that he shouldchange himself into a horse

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The Nights of Straparola . ately presented themselves before her with loud shrieks, andcried, Command us to do thy will. Gabrina then said, I conjureand command you that, without any delay, you truthfully disclose tome where Ortodosio Simeoni, the husband of Isabella, now abides, andwhether he be living or dead. Know, Gabrina, said Astaroth, that Ortodosio lives, and is inFlanders, and that he is consumed by so fierce a passion for a certainwoman called Argentina that he no longer remembers his own the witch heard this she commanded Fafarello that he shouldchange himself into a horse and transport Isabella to the spot whereOrtodosio was abiding. The demon, who was straightway changedinto a horse, caught up Isabella and flew with her into the air, shein the meantime feeling neither hurt nor fear, and when the sunappeared he set her down unscathed in Argentinas palace. Thisdone, Fafarello put upon Isabella the form of Argentina, and socomplete was the resemblance that she no longer seemed to be Isabella. V-^;

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