Dearestladies, ; whosefavourwasenjoyedinthehighestdegreebyagentlemanofNaples, ArrighettoCapecebyname, whohadtowifeMadonnaBeritolaCaracciola, afairandgraciouslady, , andthewholerealmtransferreditsallegiancetotheconqueror,Arrighetto, whowasthengovernorofSicily, nosoonerreceivedthetidingsthanhepreparedforinstantflight, knowingthatlittlereliancewastobeplacedonthefleetingfaithoftheSicilians, andnotbeingmindedtobecomeasubjectofhismaster', heandmanyotherfriendsandservantsofKingManfredweresurprised, takenprisonersanddeliveredovertoKingCharles, , knowingnotwhatwasbecomeofArrighetto, andfromthepasteverauguringfutureevil, lestsheshouldsufferfouldishonour, abandonedallthatshepossessed, andwithasonof, perhaps, eightyears, Giusfredibyname,beingalsopregnant, fledinaboattoLipari, whereshegavebirthtoanothermalechild, , , however, felloutotherwisethansheexpected;forbystressofweathertheshipwascarriedoutofhercoursetothedesertislandofPonza,[1], and, leavingthemall, soughtoutalonelyandsecludedspot, ,and, beforeeitherthemarinersoranyotherfolkwereawareoftheirperil, madeaneasycaptureofthemallandsailedaway; sothat, whenMadamBeritola,herwailingforthatdayended, returned, aswasherwont, totheshoretosolaceherselfwiththesightofhersons, , thenwithasuddensuspicionofthetruthshebenthereyesseaward, andtheresawthegalleystillatnogreatdistance, , andthat,alone, desolateanddestitute, shemightnothope, thatanyofherlostoneswouldeverberestoredtoher, ; heranimalspiritsmightevenwanderwhithersoevertheywouldattheirsweetwill: strength, however, didatlastreturntoherpoorexhaustedframe, andtherewithtearsandlamentations,as, plaintivelyrepeatinghersons' names, ; butwhenshesawthatherlabourwasinvain, andthatnightwasclosingin, hope, sheknewnotwhy, begantoreturn, ;thenewdaycame, and, asshehadnotsupped, shewasfainaftertiercetoappeaseherhunger, asbestshecould, byabreakfastofherbs: thisdone, , sheobservedashe-goatcomebyandgointoanadjacentcavern, andafterawhilecomeforthagainandgointothewood: thusrousedfromherreverieshegotup, wentintothecavernfromwhichtheshe-goathadissued, andtheresawtwokids, whichmighthavebeenbornthatveryday, andseemedtoherthesweetestandthemostdeliciousthingsintheworld: and, having, byreasonofherrecentdelivery,milkstillwithinher, shetookthemuptenderly, , nothingloath, suckedatherteatsasifshehadbeentheirowndam; ; andso, livingonherbsandwater, weepingasoftenasshebethoughtherofherhusbandandsonsandherpastlife, shedisposedherselftoliveanddiethere, andbecamenolessfamiliarwiththeshe-goatthanwithheryoung.
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