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THE OLD MARTYRDOM 31
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in, and before night he actually went to Fra Felice
and renewed her vow to put the receipts of one
evening in the box of the little image, if it proved
to be good advice.
Fra Felice told Donna Micaela about the vow,
and she was glad, and at the same time anxious how
it would turn out.
Through all the town it was known that Don
Antonio was mounting “The Old Martyrdom,” and
every one laughed at him. Don Antonio had lost
his mind.
The people would have liked well enough to see
“The Old Martyrdom,” if they could have seen it as
it was played in former days. They would have
liked to see it given as in Aci, where the
noblemen of the town played the kings and the
servants, and the artisans took the parts of the Jews
and the apostles; and where so many scenes from
the Old Testament were added that the spectacle
lasted the whole day.
They would have also liked to see those
wonderful days in Castelbuoco, when the whole town was
transformed into Jerusalem. There the mystery
was given so that Jesus came riding to the town,
and was met with palms at the town-gate. There
the church represented the temple at Jerusalem and
the town-hall Pilate’s palace. There Peter warmed
himself at a fire in the priest’s court-yard; the
crucifixion took place on a mountain above the town; and
Mary looked for the body of her son in the grottoes
of the syndic’s garden.
When the people had such things in their memory
how could they be content to see the great mystery
in Don Antonio’s theatre?
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