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 the chamber; commanded her to rise and be bled, whereupon she began to intreat; but said he, your mad blood must be let out, and, if you refuse that, I will have your heart's blood.Upon this she permitted him to bleed her in both arms, till she fainted away: but recovering, she sent for her mother, and told her the usage. Her mother, being glad to hear this correction, said, That old men's revenge was sure, though slow; asking her how she liked the priest? The devil take the priest, said she, I'll strive to please none but my husband. The Emperor hearing this, sent to spare his Son.The Empress understanding it, came and said, My Lord, over this city reigned Octavius, who, being troubled with the rebellion of his subjects, ordained his magicians to devise a way how he might know, at any time the state of the provinces: Upon which Virgilius, the most crafty of them, raised a tower, and placed in it as many images as provinces, and, in the hand of each a bell, which, by the secret instinct of Magic, rung out, if any revolt happened in the province it was assigned guardian of, so that the citizens instantly arriving, suppressed the foes ere they could make head; which being known to the tributary nations, desirous to cast off the Roman yoke, they devised how to destroy the tower, and which, after a long debate, was undertaken by four knights, who bringing great treasure, hid it in four