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fd hi and theservants reported that he had been absent fro his hoe all night andhad taken with hi all the oney he had, he felt as though he werelosg his senses; and to ake all plete on returng to his ownhoe he found it deserted and epty, not one of all his servants,ale or feale, reag it he knew not what to thk, or say, ordo, and his rean seed to be desertg hi little by little hereviewed his position, and saw hiself a ont left withouife, friend, or servants, abandoned, he felt, by the heaven abovehi, and ore than all robbed of his honour, for cailla&039;sdisappearance he saw his own ru after long reflection he relvedat last to go to his friend&039;s villa, where he had been staygwhen he afforded opportunities for the ntrivance of thisplication of isfortune he locked the doors of his hoe,ounted his horse, and with a broken spirit set out on his journey;but he had hardly gone half-way when, harassed by his reflections,he had to diunt and tie his horse to a tree, at the foot of whichhe threw hiself, givg vent to piteo heartrendg sighs; and therehe reaed till nearly nightfall, when he observed a anapproachg on horseback fro the city, of who, after satg hi,he asked what was the news florence

the citizen replied, &ot;the stranst that have been heard for anya day; for it is reported abroad that lothario, the great friend ofthe wealthy anselo, who lived at san giovanni, carried off last nightcailla, the wife of anselo, who al has disappeared all this hasbeen told by a aid-