But, whatever the explanation, the fact remains that Immanuel left Rome as a prematurely aged and broken-hearted man, and that he wandered about for some time with his wife until he arrived at Fermo, a town situated in the district of Ancona. There a wealthy and liberal-minded man, Benjamin by name, and at the same time a great admirer of Immanuel's poems, took him and his wife into his house, and provided for their wants. But this happiness did not last long, for in the year 1321 he lost both his wife and his friend Dante. Bosone da Gobbio, a renowned lawyer in his time, and a friend of both Dante and Immanuel, on hearing of this sent him the following lines as a token of his sorrow and sympathy:— Bosone to the Jew Manuello after Dante's Death. Two lamps of life have waxèd dim and died, Two souls for virtue loved and blessèd grace; Thou, friend, may'st smile no more with happy face, But weep for him, sweet song's and learning's pride. And weep for her, thy spouse, torn from thy side In all her charm of native loveliness, Whom thou hast sung so oft ere thy distress, That is mine, too, and with me doth abide. Not I alone bewail thy hapless lot, But others too: do thou bewail thine own, And then the grief that all of us have got, In this the direst year we e'er have known; Yet Dante's soul, that erst to us was given, Now ta'en from earth, doth glisten bright in heaven. Manuello's Answer. The floods of tears well from my deepest heart; Can they e'er quench my grief's eternal flame? I weep no more, my woe is still the same; I hope instead that death may soothe the smart. Then Jew and Gentile weep, and sit with me On mourning-stool: for sin hath followed woe; I prayed to God to spare this misery, And now no more my trust in Him I show. When Immanuel's time of mourning was over his host suggested that he should devote himself to a collection and revision of his compositions. Immanuel gladly accepted this proposal, partly because he wished to perpetuate the memory of his beloved wife and that of his friend Dante, and partly because he thought that this would be the best occupation for his declining years. The work occupied him till his death in 1330, when he was sixty-five years old. Bosone received some lines referring to Immanuel's death, composed by Cino da Pistoza, a noted lawyer and poet of some renown in his time. These lines are interesting in so far as they contain an unmistakable reference to the friendly relationship that existed between Dante and Immanuel. They run as follows:— Cino to Bosone after the Death of Dante and the Jew Manoel.