Then arrived a multitude of Uomini di Corte; story-tellers, improvisatori, musicians, singers, actors, rope-dancers, jugglers and buffoons9. The most distinguished11 among the first class was William Borsiere; a man of courteous12 yet frank manners, nice wit and keen penetration13: he was about forty years of age; but he had lost none of the jovial14 temper of youth, and his generous and even noble disposition15 made him more respected than men of his class usually were. There was Bergamino, a man more caustic16 than Borsiere, but whose insinuating17 address obtained pardon for his biting words; no one knew better than Bergamino how to cure the wounds his tongue had made. There was Andreuccio, whose satirical mood and rough manners frequently drew upon him the anger of the nobles on whose favour he depended; and he was so often dismissed, disgraced and unrewarded, from the courts, where his companions were loaded with presents, that, from his mean and sometimes ragged18 appearance, and his snarling19 habits, he went by the name of the Cane20 Mendicante. He wished to rival Borsiere and Bergamino who were staunch friends, and endeavoured to make up for his lack of the more delicate kind of wit by caustic sayings and contemptuous remarks. There was Ildone, a foolish, smiling fellow, but who sang sorrowful airs with so sweet and touching21 a voice, that, if you shut your eyes, you might have imagined that St. Cecilia herself had descended22 to entrance the world with heavenly melody.
Guarino, the Improvisatore, closed the list of the distinguished Uomini di Corte. He was sought in every court in Lombardy for his entertaining qualities: his tales displayed the fire of genius, and the delicate observations of a lover of nature. But he was eaten up by vanity and envy; he hated all those who were admired, from the princely beauty who attracted all regards, down to the lowest buffoon10 at court. If he were sought by the great, so much the more was he avoided by his equals and inferiors; to the first he tricked himself out with a flattering tongue, a mean and servile address, and gross adulation; for the second he expressed hatred23 and contempt; and he tyrannized over the last with a hand of iron. But all three classes might equally dread24 his malignant25 calumnies26, and hatred of all that was good. He spared no art, no wit, no falsehood, to detract from merit, however exalted28 or lowly; and so full was he of wiles29, that he was seldom detected in his serpent craft. He had been a Ghibeline, and at one time was imprisoned30 by the Dominican inquisitors as a heretic; but now he surpassed all the Italians in superstition31 and credulity; his friends said that he was truly pious32, his enemies that he was the most deceitful of hypocrites: but the trait that sealed his character, was his intolerance and violent persecution33 of his former heretical associates. Those who were most indulgent said, that he had been first actuated by fear, and was now a sincere convert; he himself pretended to attribute his conversion34 to a miracle, and of such consequence was he in his own eyes, that he almost affirmed that a saint from heaven had informed him, that the redemption of mankind had been undertaken by the Almighty35 Saviour36 for his benefit alone.
Many others followed and joined these; but they were a nameless multitude, distinguished only for vulgar talents; some trying to raise a laugh by folly38, others by pert wit; many by manual jests upon each other, in which innumerable were the blows given and received: they were a strange set, and whether they were handsome or ugly, old or young, agile39 or slow, expert or awkward, they turned even their defects to account, and with a never-ceasing grin, thronged around the nobles, forming a contrast to the dignified40 deportment and rich dresses of the latter, by their supple41 and serpentine42 motions, strange gait, and motley habiliments; some being ragged from lack of wit, others from detected roguery, all regarding with the eagerness of starved curs the riches of the castle, and the generosity43 of its mistress.
The court opened on the first of May; it was to last four days; and, on the evening before, surrounded by her guests, Euthanasia issued forth44 the laws for their amusements on the occasion: “The first day,” said she, “we will give to hunting and hawking45; the country is well stocked with game, and each guest has surely his falcon46 on his fist. I will install Antelminelli, the liberatore of Lucca, king for that day; for he has been in foreign countries, and has studied these amusements under the best masters of the age; and I doubt not is well able to direct our exertions48, and secure us plentiful49 sport.
“The second day we will give up to our friends, the Uomini di Corte: they shall do their best to please us, and to deserve the rewards in store for them; certainly none will censure50 my choice, when I name William Borsiere king of that day. Let him direct the exertions of the rest, so that their tales, their songs, and their feats51 may succeed one another in agreeable variety.
“On the third day the lists shall be set, and the knights52 will tilt53 for the honour of their ladies’ beauty; the conqueror54 shall receive as the reward of his prowess the liberty of choosing the queen for the following day, who will direct the sports of the ladies, and close with their games the gaieties of my court.”
A shout of applause followed the enunciation55 of these laws; and it was declared by all, that no better could be devised for the promotion56 of amusement among their joyful57 assembly.
On the first of May the sun arose in cloudless splendour. The steeds richly caparisoned were led from the stable, the ladies were mounted on gentle palfreys, and were followed by the esquires, holding the hawks58, or with the dogs in leash59; others sounding the awakening60 horn, while the air resounded61 with voices which called the idlers from their rooms, and said that the hunter deserved no game, who was not with the first a-field to brush the morning dew from the grass. Euthanasia headed a chosen band supreme62 in beauty; her soft and enthusiastic eyes now sparkled with joy, which the fair expanse of her smooth brow shewed to be yet uninvaded by the fang63 of a bitter sorrow; a smile hovered64 on her beautiful lips, like Love playing among the leaves of a rose; her golden hair shone under the sunbeams, and clustered round her neck white as marble, and, like that enriched by many a wandering vein65, eclipsing the jewels of her dress; her motions, free as the winds, and graceful66 as an antelope67 of the south, appeared more than human in their loveliness; and, when she awoke the air with her silver voice, silence seemed on the watch to drink in the sound.
And now away! — They rode down the steep on which the castle stood, to a chestnut68 wood, and thence along a plain covered with brushwood: all was alive and gay; the huntsmen called to their dogs; — the knights reined69 in their restless steeds; — and the ladies with animated70 gestures, laughing looks, and upturned eyes, watched the flight of their birds, and betted upon their speed.
When noon approached, they became heated and tired, and looked around for a shady spot where they might repose71. Castruccio rode forward, and said:— “I should ill deserve the honour of being king of this day, if I suffered my fair subjects to wander as in a desert without refreshment72 or repose — follow me!”
They entered a chestnut wood; and, after riding about half a mile, they came to a small plot of ground, encircled by trees, and protected from the heat by canopies73 which were fastened to the boughs74: a magnificent repast was prepared in this retreat; a profusion75 of wines glittered in glass vessels76; the tables were piled with every delicate sweetmeat, as well as with the more substantial fare of flesh and fowl77. The esquires having fastened their falcons78 to the branches of the trees, and covered their eyes with the hood27, seized the large carving79 knives, and began their ministry80; while the joyous81 band seated themselves on the cushions that had been provided for their accommodation.
After the repast was ended, they reposed82 under this delicious shade, watching the changeful shadows of the trees, and listening to the songs of the birds — “How delightful83 it would be,” cried Calista di Malespino, “if Ildone or Guarino were here, whose songs rival the sweetest birds!”
“To-morrow these men will display their talents,” said Castruccio; “to-day we must amuse ourselves.” Then clapping his hands, several servants brought forward musical instruments, such as were then in fashion, unlike in form those now used, but which in sound and construction might be compared to the lute84, the harp85, the guitar, and the flute86. Many of the company had sweet voices; some who came from Genoa, sang the romances of the Proven?al minstrels; the Florentines sang the canzones of Dante, or chosen passages from the Teroretto of his master, Ser Brunetto Latini, or indeed stanzas87 of their own composing, for the Florentines were an ingenious race, and few among the nobles had passed the boundary between youth and age, without having indited88 more than one sonnet89 to his mistress’s eyebrow90: the inhabitants of each separate town had a favourite poet, whose verses they now rehearsed.
Thus the time passed, till the sun descended, and the lengthening91 shadows told them that the heat was gone, and the light of day well nigh spent; when they mounted their horses, and rode towards the castle along the skirts of the chestnut wood. The high Apennines were still white with snow; and, as evening came on, a refreshing92 breeze blew across the plain, and sang among the branches of the trees, — at a distance was heard the murmuring of the Serchio, as it travelled along in its unwearied course; the air was perfumed by a thousand scents94, for the grass was mowing95, and bathed the element in sweetness. From out one copse a nightingale poured forth its melodious96 notes, singing as it were to one lone37 star that peered through the glowing sunset; Arrigo taking his flute drew a responsive strain which the sweet bird strove to imitate, while the cavalcade97 passed silently along. Darkness closed around, and the first fire-flies of summer issued from their deep green bowers99 among the bushes, and darted100 forth their gentle, ineffectual flame, skimming over the fields, which, as a phosphoric sea, or as a green heaven of ever shifting planets, now was dark, and again thickly studded by these stars. The glow-worm on the ground slowly trailed his steady light; a few bats flew from the rocks; and the regular moan of the Agiolo wheeled about the trees, and spoke101 of fine days to come. As the home-ward hunters ascended102 the mountain, the breeze died away, and a breathless stillness pervaded103 the atmosphere; Euthanasia rode near Castruccio; her sweet countenance104 bespoke105 a deeper joy than mere106 gaiety, and her wild eyes shone with her emotion. She had thrown her capuchin over her head; and her face, fair as the moon encircled by the night, shone from beneath the sable107 cowl, while her golden locks twined themselves round her neck: Castruccio gazed on her, and would have given worlds to have embraced her, and to print on her glowing cheek a kiss of love; he dared not, — but his heart swelled108 with joy, when she turned to him with an affectionate smile, and he whispered his heart — “She is mine.”
The second day William Borsiere was prepared to amuse the guests by his own and his companions’ talents. His task was more difficult to perform than that of Castruccio, for his materials were not so easy to be controlled as hawks and hounds. Guarino was mortally offended by the choice of Euthanasia with regard to the king of the day, and declared that he had a cold, and could not sing. Nothing but his intolerable vanity vanquished109 his sullenness110; for, when he found that, upon his refusal, Borsiere passed him by, and that his ill humour would only punish himself by consigning111 him to obscurity, he consented to be numbered among the recruits of the day. Andreuccio was less tractable112, for he was less vain; and it was sheer avarice113 that caused his anger, when he imagined that Borsiere would be the best paid of the company; he absolutely refused to perform his part in story-telling, but reserved his wit for endeavours to turn to ridicule114 the amusements and exertions of his favoured rival.
In the morning at break of day, each fair lady was awakened115 by a song, bidding her arise and eclipse the sun; and, as he awoke, and gave life to the flowers and fruits of the earth, so must she spread her benign116 influence over the hearts of men. The guests assembled in the hall of the castle, which was hung with festoons of evergreens117 and flowers; and, as they sat, an invisible concert was played, and, between the pauses of the music, a strain of rich melody broke upon the air, that by its unrivalled sweetness betrayed that the singer was Ildone, who, thus concealed118, could wrap the soul in Elysium, while his presence must have destroyed the enchantment119.
After the music, they were conducted to a small amphitheatre, constructed on the little green platform before the castle, where they were amused by the tricks of the jugglers, sleight120 of hand, fire-eating, rope-dancing, and every prank121 that has been known from the shores of the Ganges to those of the Thames, from the most distant periods, even down to our own times. After these had displayed their arts, a number of the peasantry of Valperga presented themselves to run at the ring. Three pieces of cloth, and two of silk, the prizes for the various games, streamed from the props122 that supported the amphitheatre. Two poles were erected123, and string was attached to these, on which were strung three rings. A peasant on horseback, with his lance in rest, galloped124 past in a line parallel to the string, endeavouring to catch the three rings on the point of his lance; the first, second and third failed, — the fourth was more successful; he caught the three rings, and bore off the piece of scarlet-cloth as his prize. A wrestling match succeeded, a foot-race, and then a horse-race; the prizes were distributed by Borsiere; and then, it being noon, the company adjourned126 to their mid-day meal.
It were needless to enumerate127 the dainties that made their appearance; Borsiere resolved that the feast neither of the preceding, nor of the two following days, should exceed his; and, having been often regaled at the tables of the most luxurious128 princes of Europe, he now displayed the skill that he had there acquired, in the directions he gave to the ruder cooks of Euthanasia. When every one had satisfied his appetite, the conversation flagged, and the eyes of the ladies wandered round in search of new amusement. Borsiere appeared at the head of his party; Bergamino, Guarino, Ildone and a score others of less fame came forward; while Andreuccio edged in sideways, neither choosing to join, nor be left out of the company. Advancing in a courteous manner, Borsiere intreated the company to follow him: they all rose, each lady attended by her cavalier. Borsiere had been bred at courts, and knew how to marshal them with the science of a seneschal; as they quitted the hall, they, as by magic, fell each into his proper place, and every noble dame129 felt that neither could she have preceded the person before her, nor would she have gone behind the one who followed her. Thus, in courtly guise130, they proceeded through several passages of the castle, till they quitted it by a small postern; the rocky face of the mountain rose, as I have already said, immediately behind the castle, and almost overhung the battlements; but this postern opened on the little winding131 staircase I have before mentioned, that, cut in the rock, enabled them to scale the precipice132; they ascended therefore, and before they could feel fatigued133, they came to a small platform of turf-covered rock, which Borsiere had prepared for their accommodation. The fountain, that gushed134 from a cleft135, trickled136 down with a gentle murmur93, and filled the basin prepared to receive it with its clear and sparkling liquid. This fountain had, like many other springs of those mountains, peculiar137 qualities: in summer it was icy cold, and in winter it became warmer and warmer as the temperature of the air decreased, until on the frosty mornings of December it smoked in its passage down the rock. To preserve the waters of this basin from the rains, Euthanasia had, as already mentioned, built an alcove138 over it, supported by small columns; this was a favourite retreat of our young mountain — nymph; and Borsiere had adorned139 it for the occasion with a master’s hand. The boughs of the trees were bent140 down, and fastened to the rock, or to the roof of the alcove, and then, being interlaced with other boughs, formed a web on which he wove a sky of flowers, which shut out the sun’s rays, and, agitated141 by the gentlest airs, cast forth the most delicate scents: the artificer of the bower98 had despoiled142 an hundred gardens to decorate only the floor of the platform, forming a thousand antic device with the petals143 of various flowers. Anemones144, narcissi, daffodils, hyacinths, lilies of the valley, and the earliest roses, had all lent their hues145, making a brief mosaic146 of these lovely and fragile materials; and the white columns of the alcove shone in the midst of this splendid shew in elegant simplicity147. Seats were placed round in a semicircle for the company; from hence they could behold148 the whole country; the platform was so high, that it surmounted149 the battlements of the castle, and they viewed the entire plain of Lucca, its defiles150 and woody hills, and the clear Serchio that loitered on its way across it. An exclamation151 of delight burst from all lips, as they entered this flowery paradise, where every gay colour of nature was heaped about in rich and lovely profusion, while the deep green of the ilex trees, the soft and fan-like foliage152 of the acacia, mingled153 with the shining foliage of the laurel, bay and myrtle, relieved the eye from any glare of colours. The joyous company sat down; and Borsiere, coming forward, announced, that he and his companions were ready to present the assembly with their songs and tales; Euthanasia accepted the offer in the name of her guests; and Guarino first shewed himself: that he should be the first to attract the attention of the noble guests had been the bribe154 which won him to forget his hoarseness155, and, having entered upon his task, there was no doubt that his vanity would induce him to exert his utmost powers to surpass his companions.
He sang extempore verses on the event of the late war with Florence, changing his notes, from the hurry of battle, to the wailing156 for the dead, and then to the song of triumph, whose thrilling melody transported the hearers with admiration157. Then, leaving this high theme, he described himself as Dante descending158 to hell; but, as he had ventured thither159 without a guide, rude Charon had refused him a passage, and he only saw the wandering ghosts of those recently dead, and some few who bewailed their unburied bones, as they flitted about the dreary160 coast. Here he found Manfred, who, addressing him, told him that he was now paying, and hereafter would more painfully pay, the deadly penalty for his many crimes — “Well did they for me, and benignly,” he cried, “who cast my bones from their unhallowed sepulchre; for now I wander here untormented; but, when the cycle of an hundred years is fulfilled, and I pass that dark river, fire and torture await me, dire47 punishment for my resistance to the Holy Father.” And then continuing, he sent a message to his friends on earth, bidding them repent161; and Guarino introduced into this the bitter gall125 of his sharp and cruel satire162 against his enemies. He ended; and small applause followed, for he had offended many who were present by his strictures, and few could sympathize in the deep malignity163 of his anathemas164.
He was followed by the story-tellers, who repeated various anecdotes165 and tales which they had collected in their rambles166; they seldom invented a new story; but an old one well told, or some real occurrence dressed up with romantic ornaments167, formed the subjects of their narratives168.
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