Messer Tebaldo's Journey

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Messer Tebaldo, a well-known nobleman in the city of Florence who was also one of the wealthiest of his time, had three sons who grew into fine and mettlesome youths. Lamberto, the eldest, Tebaldo, the second and Agolante, the youngest, inherited a vast amount of possessions after the passing of their father. The newly found riches, very quickly, brought all three sons into a reckless orgy of spending. The brothers lived a luxurious life: they purchased horses, employed a voluminous amount of servants and kept spending their money on unnecessary goods without thinking about any consequences. Soon after, all of the fortune inherited dwindled to nothing and forced them to sell off all of their possessions. With all assets vanished, the three sons moved to a small house in London …show more content…

Next, we shall travel from town to town along the countryside, since there it is said where all the illiterate reside, and rescue them from the terror that haunts all the citizens of these towns. Now you might say that you never heard of any towns suffering from such evil which need rescuing and you are correct.” Agolante takes a moment’s pause to enjoy the dumbfounded looks upon his brothers’ faces and then continues: “This is where we, the Rite Brothers, come into play. We shall camp out of each town and use our newly found acting talents along with the props to produce the greatest show any of these people have ever seen; that they shall believe it is true. Where in one town it is a witch who flies on a broom through the night sky with a nasty laugh and in another it is a werewolf prowling the streets at night looking for children to prey on. Whatever the case may be, the possibilities are endless and they all shall strike such fear and terror into the hearts of these townspeople that they shall seek any way to relieve them of such a calamity. My brothers, we shall be their

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