12 I cannot refuse that which thou askest. I am put so far down because I was 138 the thief in the sacristy with the fair adornments, and it was once falsely ascribed to another. But in order that thou enjoy not this sight, 141 if ever thou shalt be forth of these dark places, open thine ears to my announcement, and hear: Pistoia first strips herself of Blacks, 144 then Florence renovates her people and her fashions. Mars draws a vapor from Val di Magra which is wrapt in turbid clouds, 147 and with impetuous and bitter storm there shall be fighting on the Pescian plain, whence it shall suddenly rend the mist, 150 so that every White shall be smitten by it. And this I have said in order that it may grieve thee.”
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