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MY LORD, THE COUNT. _Portion of a letter from the Countess di Savelli to her cousin Vittoria Ordelaffi of Forli_. * * * * * It is, as you know, gentle cousin, six years since my lord, having lost his sword-arm at the storming of Santa Croce, retired to his castle of Aquila in the Sabine Mountains, and ceased to help further in stirring the times. In truth, he has yielded to my wish in this matter, and although, in the war of the Holy League, he was offered a…