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and fire in the quick, as were truly asto- nishing; his voice was sweet and clear, his intonations perfectly true; his expres- sion and fancy charming, and he left no- thing to wish, but a shake a little more open.
At four o'clock in the evening, the games began in the great square, which is a large piece of ground of an oblong form. There were 1500 peasants of the neighbourhood employed upon this occa- sion, who had been three months in train- ing: they had the story of David and Goliah to represent, which was done with the most minute attention to the sacred story, and the costume of the an- cients. The two armies of the Israelites and Philistines met, marching to the sound of ancient instruments such as the crotolo or cymbal, the systrum, and others: they were all dressed all' antica, even to the common men; the kings, princes, and generals, on both sides, were sumptuously
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