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But the principal objects of execration were Tadino and the

senator Settala, who were stigmatised as enemies of their

country, men whose best exertions had been directed towards

mitigating the severity of the coming mischief. Even the

illustrious Settala, the aged father of the senator, whose

talents were equalled by his benevolence, was obliged to take

refuge in a friend's house from the popular fury, because he had

constantly urged the necessity of precautionary measures.