Eustace, John Cretwode: A classical tour through Italy An. MDCCCII (Vol. 3): 3. ed., rev. and enl (London: J. Mawman, 1815)

516 CLASSICAL TOUR Ch. XV.
proof to the observation of the poet, that the
Lily is not destined to flourish in Italian soil.*
They still shew the chamber in which the
French monarch was confined during the first
day and night of his captivity. It is small, plain,
and unadorned, as the private apartments, even
of the richest abbies, invariably are; and it is
distinguished only by the imaginary importance
which it derives from the presence of the royal
captive.
We left the abbey in the dusk of the evening,
rolled rapidly over a smooth and level road, and
entered Milan about nine o’clock.

» Merlin gli fe veder che quasi tutti
Gli altri, che poi di Francia scettro avranno,
O di ferro gli eserciti distrutti,
O di fame, o di peste si vedranno;
E che brevi allegrezze, e lunghi lutti,
Poco quadagno, ed infinite danno
Riporteran d’Italia ; che non lice
Che I Giglio in quel terreno abbia radice.
Ariosto. Orlando Furioso, Canto xxxiii. 10.
The flower de luce or lily was the distinctive ornament of
the royal arms of France.
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