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Identifier: countryofringb00trev (find matches)
Title: The country of The ring and the book
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Treves, Frederick, Sir, 1853-1923
Subjects: Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
Publisher: London : Cassell
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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The Execution in the Piazza del Popolo he had twice swooned under the terrible torture of thecord. He it was who for so long declined the officesof the Church, havinga heart hardened by many yearsof evil life. Last of all came Count Guido Franceschini, themost composed and the most intrepid of the five. Heshunned the gaze of the crowd, for he kept his eyesfixed upon the crucifix he held in his hand. He worethe same garb as when he committed the crime, andpresumably the same as when he set out from Arezzo.This clothing is described as composed of a coat ofbrown cloth, a black shirt, a vest of goats-hair, a whitehat and cotton cap. When all the carts were filled the procession startedfor the Piazza del Popolo. It was a long way to go.The route was by the Via del Pellegrino, the Viadel Governo Vecchio, the Piazza Navona, the PiazzaColonna, where lived the female hairdresser, and theCorso. Before the end of the Corso was reached the pro-cession would pass the Via Condotti, where the Abate

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