صفحة 355 من 1118

The sight of their prey made the conquerors forget their designs

of sanguinary vengeance; some rushed to the chests, and plundered

them of bread; others hastened to force the locks of the counter,

and took from thence handfulls of money, which they pocketed, and

then returned to take more bread, if there should remain any.

Others, again, entered the interior magazines, and, throwing out

part of the flour, reduced the bags to a portable size; some

attacked a kneading trough, and made a booty of the dough; a few

had made a prize of a bolting cloth, which they raised in the air

as in triumph, and, in addition to all, men, women, and children

were covered with a cloud of white powder.