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I do not say that he should go in his carriage to take all the

rascals to gaol-it would need Noah's ark for that; he must give

orders to those whose business it is, not only at Milan but

elsewhere, to put the proclamations in force, to enter an action

against such as have been guilty of those iniquities, and where

the edict says, 'Prison,' then prison; where it says, 'The

galleys,' the galleys; and to say to the various podestà that

they must conduct themselves uprightly, or they shall be

dismissed and others put in their place, and then, as I say, we

will be there also to lend a helping hand, and to command the

doctors to listen to the poor, and talk reasonably. Am I not

right, gentlemen?"