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Money and its interest were held in high regard; then, through the sorcery
of these harlots, all were led astray who took and gave pensions and
interest. Indeed, all trade became a confusion. And there spoke a
voice like thunder: who would have thought that this wealth
should rise so high and have expected its sudden fall?
And another voice spoke: do not let the money go up with the un-
rest of the German lands; it will also fail original: "calieren"; meaning to lose value or disappear with its fall. Then
one heard many voices singing: et omnis populus dicat, Amen and let all the people say, Amen. After
her death, this Signora became so unwelcoming that no one paid
attention to her, nor thought of the burial of her corpse. Several curious
Medici physicians opened her to learn the cause of her sudden death. Because of
the great stench, furthermore because it was so hot in July, they found nothing more
than that her liver was gangrenous and black, as if suffocated
by excessive swelling; her blood was corrupted and stained by
unhealthiness. Her heart-chamber the pericardium was full of water, which is why she finally
had heart palpitations for fear of consumption wasting disease. Otherwise
the heart was thin and dry, for there were few good fluids
from the Imperial coinage and grain original: "Reichs-Schrot vnd Korn" within her. Her stomach had much un-
digestible guest and contained the dregs original: "storas" and their associates. The
spleen was large and swollen from guilders and double guilders. The
brain was quite damp and as if damaged, because for a long time it had
endured much in harlotry and had suffered great damage to the understanding.
The kidneys could not be reached because of the tartari tartar or stony deposits, for
all of that had gone there with the boiled-out dregs. Today it is said
that this Signora shall be buried at the Capo de bona Speranza Cape of Good Hope.
Then, as they say, all those who loved and grieved for her
wish to make a pilgrimage there. Her epitaph reads as follows:

A beautiful, lovely, magnificent woman, infected, who died suddenly,
Of a large, misshapen body, and perished with her lover;
Loved by many, honored by many, she lies here at Bonæ Spei Good Hope.
She fooled many of her lovers; buried, she still comforts all those
Who, with the same infection, wait for when she will rise again,
Of wealth with presumption, that she might relieve them of their burden.
T H E E N D.