Carlo Magno

Now, it seemed to me, was the time for _Carlo Magno and the Paladins_ or the _Life of Musolino_, or

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889

Carlo Magno, having another sword of his own and wishing to keep la

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889

Carlo Magno and his paladins brought ladders, scaled the wall, fought the Spaniards and effected an entrance.

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889

Imperatore di Roma, the father of Carlo Magno, and it will continue day after day till May, like the feuilleton in a journal.

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889

They told me that this is because when his uncle, Carlo Magno, met him as a child, not knowing who he was and taking a fancy to the boy, he told him to look at him, and

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889

The Sicilian, however, no matter how uneducated he may be, has an appetite for romance which must be gratified and, as it would give him some trouble to brush up his early accomplishments and stay at home reading Pulci and Boiardo, Tasso and Ariosto, he prefers to follow the story of Carlo Magno and his paladins and the wars against the Saracens in the teatrino.

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889

Moreover, Scotch knights do come into the story; Carlo Magno sends Rinaldo off to fetch recruits and he returns with an army of Scotch paladins under Zerbino, the Prince of Scotland.

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889

After three or four had been hooked up, the first operator could hang up the rest, and as soon as the two rows were in their places Carlo Magno entered in front and addressed them in a majestic voice.

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889

He then became Carlo Magno again and declared that I was padrone of the theatre, and that if I did not come every night to see him act, and to supper afterwards, there would be an eruption of Mount Etna and he would never speak to me again.

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889

This famous sword was won by Carlo Magno in his youth when he overcame Polinoro, the captain-general of Bramante, King of Africa.

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889