The opera diva Serenissima Dellacqua was called upon to dissuade Emperor Minimilian from attacking the Principality of Closter-Foban.

She had a stage built on the route the army would travel. Musicians were summoned. The diva was singing "Where, O Nightingale?" when the army arrived, flags #snapping in the wind.

"Your orders, sir?" inquired Minimilian's generals.

"Why, sit down and listen, of course! She has the voice of an angel."

And so the invasion was halted.

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