Nowwhenthelady'sbrothers-in-lawenteredtheroom, andfoundthattheAngelGabrielhadtakenflight, leavinghiswingsbehindhim, beingbaulkedoftheirprey, theyroundlyratedthelady, andthen,leavingherdisconsolate, betookthemselveshomewiththeAngel', that, when'twasbroadday, thegoodman, beingontheRialto,heardtellhowtheAngelGabrielhadcometopassthenightwithMonnaLisetta, and, beingsurprisedbyherbrothers-in-law, hadtakenfright, andthrownhimselfintotheCanal, ,whomonhisreturnherecognized, and, aftermuchchaffering, broughthimtopromisehimfiftyducatsthathemightnotbegivenuptothelady', :—"Thereisnoway,"saidthegoodman, "butone, -dayweholdarevel, whereinfolkleadothersaboutinvariousdisguises; as, onemanwillpresentabear, anotherawildman, andsoforth; andtheninthepiazzaofSanMarcothereisahunt, whichdone, therevelisended; andthenawaytheyhiethem, whithertheywill, , beforeitcangetwindthatyouarehere,Icanbringyouwhitheryouwouldgo; otherwiseIseenothowyouaretoquitthisplacewithoutbeingknown; andthelady'sbrothers-in-law, reckoningthatyoumustbelurkingsomewhereinthisquarter, havesetguardsallabouttotakeyou." LoathindeedwasFraAlbertotogoinsuchaguise, butsuchwashisfearofthelady'srelationsthatheconsented, andtoldthegoodmanwhitherhedesiredtobetaken, ,andcoveredhimwithdown, setachainonhisneckandavizardonhisface, gavehimastoutcudgeltocarryinonehand, andtwohugedogs, whichhehadbroughtfromtheshambles, toleadwiththeother, andsentamantotheRialtotoannouncethatwhosowouldseetheAngelGabrielshouldhiehimtothepiazzaofSanMarco; , afterawhile, heledhimforth, andthen,makinghimgobefore, heldhimbythechainbehind,andthroughagreatthrongthatclamoured:—"Whatmannerofthingisthis? whatmannerofthingisthis?"hebroughthimtothepiazza, where, whatwiththosethatfollowedthem, andthosethathadcomefromtheRialtoonhearingtheannouncement, , hefastenedhiswildmantoacolumninahighandexposedplace,makingasifheweremindedtowaittillthehuntshouldbegin; wherebythefliesandgadflies, attractebythehoneywithwhichhewassmeared, , thegoodmanwaitedonlyuntilthepiazzawasthronged, andthen, makingasifhewouldunchainhiswildman, hetorethevizardfromFraAlberto'sface, saying:—"Gentlemen, astheboarcomesnottothehunt, andthehuntdoesnottakeplace, thatitbenotfornothingthatyouarecomehither, IammindedtogiveyouaviewoftheAngelGabriel, whocomesdownfromheaventoearthbynighttosolacetheladiesofVenice." ThevizardwasnosoonerwithdrawnthanallrecognizedFraAlberto,andgreetedhimwithhootings, ratinghiminlanguageasoffensiveandopprobriousaseverroguewasabusedwithal, andpeltinghiminthefacewitheverysortoffilththatcametohand: inwhichplighttheykepthimanexceedinggreatwhile, untilbychancethebruitthereofreachedhisbrethren, ofwhomsomesixthereuponputthemselvesinmotion, and, arrivedatthepiazza, clappedahabitonhisback, andunchainedhim, andamidanimmenseuproarledhimofftotheirconvent, where, afterlanguishingawhileinprison, 'tisbelievedthathedied.
Sothisman, byreasonthat, beingreputedrighteous,hedidevil, and 'twasnotimputedtohim, presumedtocounterfeittheAngelGabriel, and, beingtransformedintoawildman, wasintheendputtoshame, ashedeserved, .
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