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Without warning, on the 20th of April, 1749, at the end of the Passover Festival, Sunday, at about 17 hours [noon], I was kidnapped and taken away by force thanks to a false denunciation made against…
Contributor:
Anna del Monte
Places:
Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1749
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Most magnificent and honored bride, my lady I gaze upon you:
Since I left Piacenza, I can honestly say that I am far away from my life. Oh, how can I live, and how can I hold up my limbs when I am so…
Contributor:
Honorata Foa, Salamone Candia
Places:
Ferrara, Papal States
(Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1590
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Your eyebrow, dear, is like a charm
that draws to you life’s greatest joys.
Rounded like a bow, that brow,
or like a moon in half eclipse.
Your eye, beside it, is a pool,
all sparkle, like a…
Contributor:
Joseph Tsarfati
Places:
Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
Early 16th Century