

Hung by the populace for waiting, hung by the cardinal for not having waited, he saw between the two dilemmas only an abyss that is to say, a gallows. Poor Jupiter, haggard, frightened, pale beneath his rouge, dropped his thunderbolt, took his cap in his hand then he bowed and trembled and stammered: "His eminence-the ambassadors-Madame Marguerite of Flanders-." He did not know what to say. "The morality this very instant!" repeated the crowd "this very instant! the sack and the rope for the comedians, and the cardinal!"

"Down with Jupiter and the Cardinal de Bourbon!" vociferated Robin Poussepain and the other clerks perched in the window.

And above all the voices, that of Johannes de Molendino was audible, piercing the uproar like the fife's derisive serenade: "Commence instantly!" yelped the scholar. "Begin instantly! The mystery! the mystery immediately!" shrieked the people. Nevertheless, as be harangued them, the satisfaction and admiration unanimously excited by his costume were dissipated by his words and when he reached that untoward conclusion: "As soon as his illustrious eminence, the cardinal, arrives, we will begin," his voice was drowned in a thunder of hooting. You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today! The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser.
