. Men and manners of old Florence. g givenall that he possessed unto his sons-in-law, Giovanniwas left poor, but this was not known either unto hissons-in-law or his daughters. And as he desired to livehonourably, as he had been used to do all his life,he spake thus unto his sons-in-law and his daughters : I have now grown old and have but a short whileto live, wherefore I must make my will. And heprocured a strong chest with two locks and placedinside it a very large bar of iron and a writing whichsaid, This is the will of Giovanni Cavazza ; he whounto others doth give himself and all, by thi
. Men and manners of old Florence. g givenall that he possessed unto his sons-in-law, Giovanniwas left poor, but this was not known either unto hissons-in-law or his daughters. And as he desired to livehonourably, as he had been used to do all his life,he spake thus unto his sons-in-law and his daughters : I have now grown old and have but a short whileto live, wherefore I must make my will. And heprocured a strong chest with two locks and placedinside it a very large bar of iron and a writing whichsaid, This is the will of Giovanni Cavazza ; he whounto others doth give himself and all, by this rod of ironshall he be killed withal.^ And he locked the chestvery carefully with two keys, and one he gave unto theBrothers Minor and the other he gave unto the Preach-ing Friars (the Franciscans and the Dominicans), say-ing unto them, Ye shall not give these keys untoany person so long as I shall live ; after my death givethem unto So-and-so, my sons-in-law, because I desirethat they should be my heirs and should inherit after. THE CORN MARKET OF OR SAN MICHELE.{From an eaily A/T. Ccntiiiy MS. in flic Laurcniian Library.) [To faa page 7S. FLORENTINE MIND AND MANNERS 75 me that which I have reserved for myself in case Ishould fall into distress. Then he went unto onewho was an old and dear friend and said unto him, Lend me two gold florins. And he lent Giovanni Cavazza invited his daughters and hissons-in-law to dinner; and after they had eaten he saidunto them, Wait ye for me here in the hall, and heshut himself up in his chamber. And there he beganto count that money over and over again. The sons-in-law and the daughters watched at the keyhole andbeheld the money. And Giovanni said aloud untohimself, * Whoever doth good unto me, so will I dounto him ; if these my sons-in-law and my daughtersbehave themselves well unto me, I will leave them thewhole of this. And verily, if I should die of hunger,never in my life will I touch one penny of this money,for I desire th
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