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228 . the miracles of antichrist
noble isle? Loved they not the same earth, the
same mountains, the same sky as their forefathers
had loved ? Why should they not also be able to
love The Ancient Martyrdom ?"
He opposed it as long as he could. He said to
Donna Emilia that it would be too costly. Where
should he get apostles with long hair and beard ? He
had no table for the Lord’s Supper, he had no
machinery necessary for the entry and the carrying of
the cross.
Donna Emilia, however, saw that he would give
in, and before evening he actually went to Fra
Felice and renewed his wife’s promise to place the
earnings of one evening in the little image’s alms box, if
this proved to be good advice.
Fra Felice told Donna Micaela about the promise,
and she felt pleased, and at the same time anxious
about how this would turn out.
Round about the city it became known that Don
Antonio was setting up " The Ancient Martyrdom,"
and people laughed at him. Don Antonio had lost
his senses.
To be sure they would have liked to see " The
Ancient Martyrdom " if they could see it played as
in former days. They would have liked to see it
played as in Aci, when the nobles of the city
personated kings and mercenaries, and tradesmen appeared
in the characters of Jews and apostles, and when so
many scenes from the Old Testament were added,
that the play lasted a whole day.
They would also have liked to experience once
more those glorious days in Castelbuoco, when the
whole city was transformed into a Jerusalem. There
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