“My dear lord,” cried the bishop, “I pray you pardon me that I disturb your rest; I cannot sleep. In two hours this ceremony — this mockery begins. I shall not be there; it becomes not my character to be present at such temptations of God’s justice: this is my excuse. But I could not go; I should die if I were to behold9 Beatrice bound and suffering. Yet, do you go, and come quickly back to tell me of her success; — go, and see, if the abbot keeps his word, and if ever I shall behold my child again.”
Castruccio endeavoured to console his unhappy friend; but the strong affection and fears of the good man would listen to no comfort. “Let her be saved,” he said, “and I am content; but this doubt, this pause of horrid10 expectation, is more than I can bear; I love her more than father ever loved a child, and she was mine by every tie; — I feel my very life-strings crack, sometimes I am apprehensive11 I shall die in the agony of doubt; go, go, my dearest lord, go and return quickly, if you love me!”
The bell of the church now began to toll12, and announced that the monks13 were occupied in the prayers that were to precede the ceremony; Castruccio hurried to the scene. It was to take place in a large square of Ferrara, under the walls of the garden of the convent of St. Anna, and before the gates of the monastery14 to the care of whose monks the Judgement was intrusted. As Castruccio approached, he found every avenue choked up by the multitude, and the house-tops covered with people, — even on towers, whence the square could only appear a confused speck15, the people crowded in eager expectation. He joined a few nobles who were admitted through the garden of the monastery; as he passed the sacred precincts, he saw the chapel16 filled with the brothers, who were praying, while high mass was performed to sanctify their proceedings17, and the eucharist was distributed as a pledge of their truth.
The square presented a busy, but awful scene; the houses, the windows of the monastery, the walls of the convent, were covered by people; some clinging to the posts, and to the walls; fixing their feet upon small protuberances of stone, they hung there, as if they stood on air. A large part of the square had been railed off in a semicircle round the door of the monastery, and outside this the people were admitted, while it was guarded on the inside by Gascon soldiers, that with drawn18 swords kept in awe19 the eager spectators, whose fury of hope and fear approached madness: their voices it is true were still, for the solemn tolling20 of the bell struck them with awe, and hushed them, as the roar of the lion in the forest silences the timid herd22; but their bodies and muscles were in perpetual motion; some foamed23 at the mouth, and others gazed with outstretched necks, and eyes starting from their sockets24.
Within this inclosure one part was assigned for the Dominican brothers, who, in their black habits and red crosses, at an early hour occupied their seats, which were raised one above another in the form of a small amphitheatre; another part was assigned to some of the nobles of both sexes, the spectators of this piteous scene. Within this inclosure was another small one, close to the gate of the monastery; it had two corresponding entrances, near one of which a large cross was erected25, and near the other a white standard with the words Agnus Dei embroidered26 on it. This inclosure was at first empty, except that in one corner a pile of wood was heaped.
Half an hour passed in tremendous expectation: Castruccio felt sick with dread27; the heavy and monotonous28 tolling of the bell struck on his soul, his head ached, his heart sunk within him. At length the gates of the monastery were thrown open, and a number of monks came forward in procession, carrying lights, and chaunting hymns30. They saluted31 the cross, and then ranged themselves round the outside of the inner inclosure; after a pause of a few moments, another party came out with Beatrice in the midst of them; she was wrapped in her capuchin, the cowl drawn over her face; the crowd spoke32 not as she appeared, but a sound, as of the hollow north-wind among the mighty33 trees of a sea-like forest, rose from among them; an awful, deep and nameless breath, a sigh of many hearts; she was led to the cross, and knelt down silently before it, while the brothers continued to chaunt alternately the staves of a melancholy34 hymn29.
Then came forth35 a third party of monks; they bore ploughshares and torches, mattocks and other instruments, that again spread a groan36 of horror through the multitude. The pyre was lighted; the shares thrown in among the blazing wood; while other monks threw up the soil of the inclosure with their mattocks, forming six furrows37, two feet distant one from the other. At length the bell, which had been silent for a few minutes, began again to toll, in signal for the ceremony to begin. At the command of the monks Beatrice arose, and threw off her capuchin; she was drest in a short vest of black stuff, fastened at the waist with a girdle of rope; it was without sleeves, and her fairest arms were crossed on her breast; her black and silken hair was scattered38 on her shoulders; her feet, whiter than monumental marble, were bare. She did not notice the crowd about her, but prayed fervently39: her cheek was pale, but her eyes beamed; and in her face and person there was an indescribable mixture of timidity, with a firm reliance on the aid of a superior power. One of the monks bound her arms, and tied a scarf over her eyes: the shares, white with the excessive heat, were drawn from the fire with large tongs40, and the monks crowded round, and fixed41 them in the furrows; the earth seemed to smoke with the heat as they were laid down.
Then the barrier of the entrance to the inclosure was thrown down; the monks quitted it at the opposite end, and one of them with a loud voice, recommending Beatrice to the justice of God, bade her advance. Every heart beat fast; Castruccio overcome by uncontrollable pity, would have darted42 forward to save her, but some one held him back; and in a moment, before the second beating of his heart, before he again drew breath, horror was converted to joy and wonder. Beatrice, her eyes covered, her arms bound, her feet bare, passed over the burning shares with a quick light step, and reaching the opposite barrier, fell on her knees, uttering an exclamation43 of thanksgiving to God. These were the first words she had spoken: they were followed by a long and deafening44 shout of triumph from the multitude, which now manifested its joy as wildly, as before they had painfully restrained their pity and indignation. They were no longer to be contained by the palings of the inclosures; all was broken through and destroyed; the inquisitors had slunk away; and the Gascon troops galloped46 off from the ground.
Immediately on the completion of her task, Beatrice had been unbound, and her capuchin was thrown over her; the noble ladies who were present crowded round her; she was silent and collected; her colour indeed was heightened by her internal agitation47, and her limbs trembled with the exertion48 of her fortitude49; but she commanded her countenance50 and spirits, and at least wore the appearance of serenity51. She received the congratulations and respectful salutation of her friends with affectionate cordiality; while the air resounded52 with the triumphant53 Te Deum of the monks, and the people pressed around, awed54, but joyful55. They endeavoured to touch the garment of the newly declared saint; mothers brought her their sick children; the unhappy intreated for her prayers; and, however, bashful and unwilling56, she was obliged to bestow57 her blessing58 on all around. Suddenly a procession of nuns59 came forth from the garden-gate of the convent; covered with their long veils, and singing their hymns, they surrounded Beatrice, and led her, attended by the other ladies in company, to their cloisters60, where her maternal61 friend the viscountess Marchesana waited to clasp her in her arms.
Castruccio had already returned to the bishop; yet he came not so quickly, but that the news of the success of his Beatrice, passing from mouth to mouth, had reached him. His first emotions were joy, gratitude62, and wonder; but these subsided63; and the good old man kneeled humiliated64, trembling and penitent65, when he considered that God’s name had been called on in vain, that his consecrated66 servants were perjured67, and that falsehood was firmly established, on foundations where truth alone ought to rest. He listened to the account of Castruccio with interrupted exclamations68 and tears; and when it was ended he exclaimed, “This is the most miserable69 — the happiest day of my life!”
In the evening the palace of the prelate was crowded by his friends, who, knowing the interest he took in Beatrice, came to congratulate him on her victory, and to express their delight that God had thought their town worthy70 of this manifestation71 of his grace. The bishop, joyful, but full of shame, listened in silence to their conjectures72, exclamations, and long relations of the morning’s scene; his heart was glad, but he was angry with himself for feeling pleasure at the triumph of falsehood; and, although a smile played on his lips, a blush spread itself over his aged73 cheeks.
The viscountess Malvezzi, radiant with delight, and the lovely Beatrice blushing under her newly acquired honours, now entered; the nobles pressed round the prophetess, kissing her hand, and the hem21 of her garment; while she, modest, half abashed74, yet believing in her right to the reverence75 of her friends, smiled upon all. Castruccio was not among the last of her worshippers; she had never appeared so beautiful; her eyes, sparkling with the light of triumph, were yet half hid by their heavy lids, her cheeks glowing, her graceful76 person, clothed in her modest garb77 of white woollen, moved with gestures ever new and beautiful:— she seemed another being from her he had before seen, as inspired, as ethereal, but more lovely.
After the crowd of visitors had retired, a few of the intimate friends who formed the council of the bishop remained; the lady Marchesana invited them immediately to adopt some plan for the entrance of their prince into the city; she continued: “I speak but the words of my child, when I say this; pardon me, saintly Beatrice, that I call you thus. It is sweet to me to fancy that you are my daughter, although I am much unworthy of such a child, and you are the offspring of heaven alone.”
Beatrice kissed the hand of her excellent friend with respect and gratitude; the bishop was much troubled at his sister’s expression; the remembrance of her heretic mother, and his prison-scene with Magfreda, was full in his recollection, and he looked up to heaven, as if to ask God to pardon him, and to avert78 the punishment of deceit from the guileless Beatrice.
One of the nobles present asked the sacred maiden79, to name the day when the prince should enter the town. She said in a gentle voice: “My lords, the hour of victory is at hand: the Popes, in despite of their duty, have deserted80 their sacred city, have relinquished81 their lawful82 rule, and would now establish tyranny among us, — it will not be. Four days hence, on the evening of Monday, we shall receive our sovereign, and on the following morning his banner will be unfurled on the battlements of this city.”
“On Monday,” cried a noble, “my heart misgives83 me; methinks it is an AEgyptian day; has no one a calendar?”
“It is an AEgyptian day,” exclaimed Beatrice, with vivacity84; “but the adverse85 aspect of the stars falls on our adversaries86; for us there is joy and victory.”
“Monday is an early day,” said Castruccio; “but as the holy Beatrice commands, so shall it be. And, my honoured lord, I shall leave you at day-break to-morrow. I shall not see you again, divine prophetess, until I come with your prince, to assert his right. I pray you therefore to bless my arms, and cause, that I may be doubly valiant87, approved by one whom heaven has sent us.”
Castruccio kneeled to the beautiful girl; he looked up at her with his ardent88 eyes, his passion-formed lips, and countenance of frank and noble beauty; she blushing placed her hand on his raven89 hair, and said, “May God bless and prosper90 thee and thy cause!” — Then, beckoning91 her aged friend, she silently saluted the company, and withdrew, abashed, confused, but her heart beating with a new and strange sense of pleasure.
The plan for the entrance of the marquess was now arranged. On the night of the fourth of August he was to pass Lago Scuro, and halt with his troops, at the path which led to the secret entrance to the Malvezzi palace. The marquess, Castruccio, and a small party were to enter the house of the viscountess; and Galeazzo to lead the greater part of the remainder to the gates of the town by day-break the following morning; a part was to remain as a corps92 de reserve, if the small escort of the marquess should prove insufficient93 to force the opening of the gates, and the entrance of Galeazzo. In that case this more numerous troop was to enter the city through the house of the viscountess, and bring the necessary succour to their prince.
The assembly then broke up; and Castruccio, wearied by the events of the day, fatigued94 with want of rest, his spirits sinking after their relaxation95 from the powerful excitements they had sustained, retired early to repose96. He took an affectionate leave of the good old prelate, who charged him with many messages of fidelity97 and attachment98 to his prince.
The dawn of day beheld99 Castruccio on the road to Rovigo. The wide plain of Lombardy awoke to life under the rising sun. It was a serene100 morning; the cloudy mists that settled on the horizon, received the roseate glories of the rising sun, and the soft clouds of gold and pink that awaited his appearance in the east, would have pictured forth to a Grecian eye the chariot of Aurora101, or the golden gates which the Hours threw back as Phoebus entered upon his diurnal102 path.
And does the beauteous prophetess seek her tower to behold the glories of the morn? Beatrice is on the donjon of the palace; and it is true that her eyes are directed towards the rising sun; but there is a casque which flashes under its first beams, a horseman who gallops103 away from Ferrara, whose form her eyes strain to behold, even when he appears only as a black spot in the distance. She leans her cheek upon her hand, and, lost in meditation104, she, most unfortunate, mistakes for the inspirations of Heaven the wild reveries of youth and love: but still her heart was hidden even from herself by a veil she did not even wish to throw aside. She felt gently agitated, but happy; a kind of Elysian happiness, that trembled at change, and wished only for a secure eternity105 of what it was.
Castruccio was hailed with joy by his friends at Rovigo; and, when the intelligence he brought was heard, every voice was busy in congratulation, every hand in preparation. The knights106 assisted the squires107 in furbishing their arms, and securing the various joints108 and fastenings of their heavy armour109, in looking that the trusty blade of the sword was well fixed in the pummel, in selecting the stoutest110 lances, and in attending to all the other equipments of war; while the fair hands of the ladies prepared the scarfs, which, tied over the hearts of their knights, would preserve them from every wound. No thought of danger and death, — this was to be rather a tournament, wherein with blunted lances they tilted111 for a sovereignty; and the idea of the Pope, and of their priest-ridden opponents and their foreign guards excited derision alone.
The sun set on the fourth day, and the troops of the marquess Obizzo to the number of four hundred were drawn out before the gates of Rovigo. The expedition was ordered as it had been arranged; and in the depth of night the viscountess, opening the low door of her secret entrance, found the marquess, Castruccio, and their followers112, waiting in silence round the short half-buried cross on the marshy113 moor114. A few whispered words of recognition having been spoken, she led them along her galleries, and up the staircase to the inhabited rooms of the palace, lifting up the tapestry115 of the first apartment; Castruccio did not again know the old, neglected chamber with its decaying furniture. It was hung with silk, festooned with flowers, and lighted by a hundred wax lights; a table was spread with wines, and fruits, and sweetmeats, and other more substantial refreshments116; several couches also were placed round the room for the convenience of those who wished to repose.
The viscountess with courtly grace welcomed the marquess to her palace. “My lord,” she said, “for a few hours you must be imprisoned117 in this apartment; I have endeavoured to decorate your poor dungeon118 to the best of my power, and indeed shall ever hold this room honoured, since it affords refuge and protection to my sovereign.”
The old lady received the marquess’s heartfelt thanks, and then retired satisfied, to recount to Beatrice the arrival of her guests, and the whispered enquiry of Castruccio concerning the health of the prophetess. But, although she had gilt119 their cage, the hours passed heavily to the imprisoned chiefs; they watched the stars as they still burned brightly in the sky, and almost uttered a cry of joy when they first perceived them, one by one, fading in the morning light. At length the steps of men were heard about the streets; and the horses which the bishop had provided for the troop came to the door of the palace. The trampling120 of these horses as they were led to their destination, attracted a small crowd along with them; and, when the strange knights mounted them, and advanced in slow procession along the streets, the crowd increased, and the name of the marquess was whispered, while every one gazed in wonder. At length, when the troop had reached the principal street of Ferrara, they put their horses to the gallop45, and raising the Ghibeline war-cry, rode through the town calling on the people to join them, and invoking121 downfall to the foreign tyrants122: a band of citizens, who had been already prepared, obeyed the summons, and they were followed by others, who espoused123 the party of the prince in their hearts, and joyfully124 aided his restoration.
The trampling of the steeds, the clash of arms, as the knights struck their shields with their spears, the war-cry of the troops, and the vivas of the crowd, awoke the papal governor, who called out the Gascon soldiery. But it was too late; the marquess reached the gate of the town, put the sentinels to flight, and admitted Galeazzo into the city: then, joined by all the nobility of Ferrara, he rode towards the palace of the governor. The Gascons were drawn up in the great square of the town, but they were unable to withstand the first onset125 of Obizzo’s party; they fled, and shut themselves up in Castel Tealdo, the fortress126 of the town, where they were at least safe from sudden attack. The marquess drew his troops around, and threw up his works to prevent their egress127; and, leaving to his principal captain the care of the siege, returned to his palace to receive the congratulations of his delighted subjects.
Now joy was the order of the day; the Italians, who had been intrusted with the charge of some of the gates of the town, brought the keys to the feet of their sovereign; the others were broken open; every magistrate128 brought in his resignation, and many of them petitions for mercy; and lying traitors129, who assured him that their faith had never been broken, crowded to the presence-chamber. His throne was erected in the great square, covered with the richest cloth, and surmounted130 by a magnificent canopy131; the troops were marshalled before him, the standards brought and lowered to his feet. A deputation of the noblest counts and knights of Ferrara were sent to convoy132 the caroccio to the throne of the prince. They went to the cathedral; and the monks led it forth, adorned133 with its splendid trappings and standards, the gold cross and white flag of the Popes waving above all. They yoked134 to it four beautiful dove coloured oxen, on whom they cast rich trappings of scarlet135 cloth; and then, to the sound of trumpets136, surrounded by the knights, and followed by a procession of priests singing a Te Deum, it was drawn to the square before the throne of Obizzo; then with a triumphant flourish, the standard of the Pope was lowered, and that of the house of Este raised to its ancient eminence137. Festivities of every kind followed this joyful event, triumphant festivities, untarnished with blood; for few of the subjects of the marquess were hostile to his return, and these either went into voluntary exile, or joined the refugees in Castel Tealdo.
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