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VITTORIA.

And then the Duchess, how shall I describe her,

Or tell the merits of that happy nature, Which pleases most when least it thinks of pleasing?

Not beautiful, perhaps, in form and feature,
Yet with an inward beauty, that shines through
Each look and attitude and word and gesture;
A kindly grace of manner and behavior,
A something in her presence and her ways
That makes her beautiful beyond the reach
Of mere external beauty; and in heart
So noble and devoted to the truth,
And so in sympathy with all who strive
After the higher life.

JULIA.

She draws me to her As much as her Duke Ercole repels me.

VITTORIA.

Then the devout and honorable women
That grace her court, and make it good to
be there;

Francesca Bucyronia, the true-hearted,
Lavinia della Rovere and the Orsini,
The Magdalena and the Cherubina,
And Anne de Parthenai, who sings so sweetly;
All lovely women, full of noble thoughts
And aspirations after noble things.

JULIA.

Boccaccio would have envied you such dames.

VITTORIA.

No; his Fiammettas and his Philomenas
Are fitter company for Ser Giovanni;

I fear he hardly would have comprehended
The women that I speak of.

MICHAEL ANGELO.

Yet he wrote The story of Griselda. That is something To set down in his favor.

MICHAEL ANGELO.

The men that women marry, And why they marry them, will always be A marvel and a mystery to the world.

VITTORIA.

With these ladies Was a young girl, Olympia Morata, Daughter of Fulvio, the learned scholar,

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