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BULL-FIGHTS. 
clesiastical state ; Malatesta, Polenta, della Valle, 
Cafarello, Savelli, Capoccio, Conti, Annabaldi, Al- 
tieri, Corsi. The colours were adapted to their taste 
and situation ; the devices are expressive of hope or 
despair, and breathe the spirit of gallantry and arms. 
“ I am alone like the youngest of the Horatii,” the 
confidence of an intrepid stranger. “ I live discon- 
solate,” a weeping widower. “ I hum under the 
ashes,” a discreet lover. “ I adore Lavinia or Lu- 
cretia,” the ambiguous declaration of a modern pas- 
sion. “ My faith is as pure,” the motto of a white 
lively. “ Who is stronger than myself?'’ of a lion’s 
hide. “ If I am drowned in blood, what a pleasant 
death,” the wish of ferocious courage. The pride or 
prudence of the Ursini restrained them from the 
field, which was occupied by three of their here- 
ditary rivals, whose inscriptions denoted the lofty 
greatness of the Colonna name : “ Though sad, I 
am strong “ Strong as I am great “ If I 
fall,” addressing himself to the spectators, “ you fall 
with me intimating (says the contemporary writer) 
that while the other families were the subjects of 
the Vatican, they alone were the supporters of the 
Capitol. The combats of the amphitheatre were 
dangerous and bloody. Every champion successively 
encountered a wild bull ; and the victory may be as- 
cribed to the quadrapeds, since no more than eleven 
were left on the field, with the loss of nine wounded, 
and eighteen killed, on the side of their adversaries. 
Some of the noblest families might mourn, but the 
