Vulgar words in Love-at-Arms (Page 1)
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THE BRAYING OF AN ASS XI.
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I am a man of very gentle ways, as you may have heard, Messer Buffoon.
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But see that you forget at once my station and my name, or you may realise how little they need buffoons in the Court of Heaven."
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"Are you there, too, Master Buffoon?" quoth Francesco.
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"Behold," announced Peppino gravely, "Italy's latest translation of the Golden Ass of Apuleius."
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Damn him!
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THE BRAYING OF AN ASS When on the morrow, towards the twenty-second hour, the High and Mighty Gian Maria Sforza rode into his capital at Babbiano, he found the city in violent turmoil, occasioned, as he rightly guessed, by the ominous presence of Caesar Borgia's envoy.
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I am no court buffoon."
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But so far, we have only heard the braying of an ass."
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"The braying of an ass?" he muttered, facing Caterina.
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"The jaw-bone of an ass did sore execution on one occasion, Madonna, and it may again.
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"Stand back!" he cried; "or by God and His saints, I'll beat your brains out."