Excerpt from IL Trovatore: A Tragic Opera, in Four Acts The old count DI luna, now deceased, had two. Sons, to whom he was devotedly attached? Thaw nurse entrusted with the care of the youngest, one day perceived a gipsy woman standing by the cradle of her precious charge, and loading it with imprecations. In consequence of this malign ia fluence, the child grpw up delicate in body, and morbid in mind; and although the sorceress was burned alive, this act of vengeance brought no. Remedy to the evil. On the contrary, she renewed her imprecations from the midstof the flames, and bequeathed the task of vengeance to her daughter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.