The Candlebearer.

1 in his mind and scene ix. He remains perplexed by the enigma: because he
more or less understands the term "Candlebearer"; but he cannot quite grasp
what "Goldsmith" is meant to mean. While he dwells on this thought: behold, scene x.
Ascanio returns with the magician: who, after having made him believe
5 some nonsense; leaves him in the hope of securing everything.
In Act Two. scene iii. Lady Vittoria and
Lucia are shown, having entered into the hope | of squeezing wine from this pumice stone [8]
and extracting oil from this cork Idioms for attempting the impossible—in this case, getting money out of a stingy man.. And they hope, by sowing hopes in the
garden of Bonifacio, to harvest a crop of coins for their own warehouse: but
10 the poor wretches were deceiving themselves, thinking that love had so deprived
him of his intellect that he did not always have before the eyes of his mind the
proverb that you will hear him say at the beginning of the sixth scene in the
fourth act. scene iiii. Lady Vittoria, left alone, builds beautiful castles in the air
presupposing that this flame of love might cause metals to flow and melt;
15 and that this hammer of Cupid, with the anvil of Bonifacio's heart,
could strike at least enough coinage: so that when her own trade A euphemism for her life as a courtesan. failed with time,
it would not be necessary for her to enchant that of Lucia Referring to Lucia’s role as a procuress or witch.. According to that
saying: And now having grown old, Venus becomes a procuress. original: "Et iam facta vetus, fit rofiana Venus." While she thus feeds
on those little winds that bloat the belly but do not nourish, scene v.
20 Sanguino arrives, who, because of what he had heard from Bonifacio's own mouth,
begins to plot some fine enterprise, and he withdraws
with her to discuss how they should manage his business.
In Act Three scene ii. Bonifacio arrives with Lucia, who
distresses him, testing his patience regarding his purse. Now, while he was chewing as if
24 he had tough bread original: "panferlich," likely referring to a hard, unpleasant crust. in his mouth, his "lasagna fell into the cheese" An Italian idiom meaning everything turned out perfectly or he had a lucky break.;
that is, he had the opportunity to get her out of his sight for that time, in order to
deal with important matters with two people who arrived. scene iii.
These were Scaramurè and Ascanio, with whom he discusses how he should
behave during the magical ceremonies. He gives part | of his payment [9]
30 to the magician, and goes on his way. scene iiii. Scaramurè remains,
mocking the man's frenzy. And scene v. Lucia returns, thinking that
Bonifacio was waiting for her, and the former makes her certain that the hope was vain
and the effort lost. And with that, they go to Lady Vittoria to clarify
everything for her. He did this so that, through her faking, she might
35 claw some other sum from Bonifacio. scene ix. Sanguino and
Scaramurè appear, as those who had arranged something
with Lady Vittoria and Master Gioan:bernardo. And these two, with two other
soldiers of fortune under Sanguino’s banner, plan to negotiate certain deeds
by disguising themselves as a captain and guards. With which plan, in scene x.,
40 they are very well satisfied.

18 then | 19 scene | 23 scenes | 24 testing him | 27 scene | 35 appear | 38 some