XXIV + 

“To-day we purpose, aye, this hour we mount + 

To spur three leagues towards the Apennine; + 

Come down, we pray thee, ere the hot sun count + 

His dewy rosary on the eglantine.” + 

Lorenzo, courteously as he was wont, + 

Bow’d a fair greeting to these serpents’ whine; + 

And went in haste, to get in readiness, + 

With belt, and spur, and bracing huntsman’s dress. + 