The humour of Italy; . he stone afore-said, and, holding on by it and hanging over the brink, Iseized the edge of a gown which that man was wearing, andby that gown I pulled him up, while he was still underwater; and because he had drunk a great quantity of water,and within a little would have been drowned, I, seeing himout of danger, told him I was rejoiced at having saved hislife. Whereat he answered me that I had done nothing—that the most important thing were his parchments, whichwere worth much money. It seemed that he spoke thusin anger, all soaked through as he was, and mutteringconfuse
The humour of Italy; . he stone afore-said, and, holding on by it and hanging over the brink, Iseized the edge of a gown which that man was wearing, andby that gown I pulled him up, while he was still underwater; and because he had drunk a great quantity of water,and within a little would have been drowned, I, seeing himout of danger, told him I was rejoiced at having saved hislife. Whereat he answered me that I had done nothing—that the most important thing were his parchments, whichwere worth much money. It seemed that he spoke thusin anger, all soaked through as he was, and mutteringconfusedly. At this I turned to the guides we had with us,and promised to pay them if they would help this of the guides valorously, and with great difficulty, sethimself to do what he could, and fished up all the parch-ments, so that he lost nothing; the other would not puthimself to any trouble to help him. . Benve?iuto Cellini. STANZAS OF THE RAPE OF THE BUCKET. 39 OPENING STANZAS OF THE RAPE OF TEE >rcJd*
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