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Redden for ever with a parent's blood! Nature, thy ties are sacred, and I yield. Haste with my signet; love, your father lives, And you shall be his hostage.

Let my haste thank you. Oh! my noble lord, Long years of happiness reward this pardon![Exit

My lord, some treachery has been at work. Through the west gate the Florentines have won Their secret entrance, and the Count Gonsalvi Raises his war-cry in our streets.

'Tis well; Long have I sought to meet him face to face, And now a single blow may end the war.

They fly before Castruccio; but a band, With Count Gonsalvi, keep the western gate.

They will not keep it long; the Florentines Know our Castruccio.

Did the prisoner pass While I was gone?