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FILIPPO BALDINUCCI

FILIPPO BALDINUCCI ON THE PRIVILEGE OF BURIAL.

A Reminiscence of a. d. 1676.

1.
"No, boy, we must not"—so began
My Uncle (he's with God long since),
A-petting me, the good old man!
"We must not"—and he seemed to wince,
And lost that laugh whereto had grown
His chuckle at my piece of news,
How cleverly I aimed my stone—
"I fear we must not pelt the Jews!