JUSTIN HUNTLY McCARTHY
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF
"THE GORGEOUS BORGIA" "SERAPHICA" "IF I WERE KING" ETC.
"The God of Love—ah, Benedicite, How mighty and how great a lord is he!"
—Chaucer.
NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS MCMIX
Copyright, 1909, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved
Published October, 1909.
TO
JUSTIN McCARTHY
CHAP. PAGE
I. The May-day Queen 1
II. A Child and a Child 28
III. Vittoria 46
IV. The Words of the Image 54
V. One Way With a Quarrel 66
VI. Lover and Lass 80
VII. Concerning Poetry 92
VIII. Monna Vittoria Sends Me a Message 108
IX. Madonna Vittoria Sounds a Warning 120
X. The Devils of Arezzo 131
XI. Messer Folco's Festival 138
XII. Dante Reads Rhymes 144
XIII. Go-Betweens 164
XIV. Messer Simone Spoils Sport 176
XV. A Spy in the Night 190
XVI. The Talk of Lovers 204
XVII. A Strange Betrothal 215
XVIII. A Word for Messer Simone 225
XIX. The Ride in the Night 243
XX. The Fight With Those of Arezzo 256
XXI. Maleotti Bears False Witness 266
XXII. The Return of the Reds 279
XXIII. The Peace of the City 286
XXIV. Breaking the Peace 297
XXV. Meeting and Parting 309
XXVI. The Enemy at the Gate 322
XXVII. The Solitary City 335
Note 343