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Loss of Blood, and the wounded Boy, they were, by the Compassion of the Country Folks, conveyed to the Hospital of Poggibonsi, from whence, their Case being dangerous, they were, within a short Space, removed to our Hospital della Scala. Giovanni's Youth, Dejection, and Docility had so endeared her to the Curate of Poggibonsi, that he recommended her to several Persons of Credit at Sienna; and she, on her Part, committed some Things to his Care, which, if her Wound should prove her Death, were to be his, as an Acknowledgment of his so seasonable Kindness, and a Recompence for his Prayers, which she, with a Flood of Tears, requested. Besides this, Paolo Marchi, a Regular of distinguished Piety, wrote a very affectionate Letter, in his Behalf, to Maria
