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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...proportions of an affair of state. On the one side the Signory of Florence, the Cardinal of Naples, Piero, and Cardinal dei Medici, were writing and exerting their THE BRIEF SEALED UNEXPECTEDL Y. 161 1 There is a minute account of these riots in Parenti's Storia di Firenze, vol. i., at sheet 23; and passim, Codex ii. 129, in the Florence National Library. 3 Fra Roberto Ubaldini, author of the Annali di San Marco, states that he went to Rome to accompany Frate Alessandro, who was old and in bad health; he does not mention Fra Domenico, who may have followed afterwards. ( Annales Conventus S. Marci, at sheets 13 and 14.) On the other hand, Burlamacchi (p. 47), makes no mention of Ubaldini. In the Biografia Latina (at sheet II1) we find these words: Pro hac re Romam miserunt fratrem Alexandrum Rinuccinum senem, et fratrem Dominicum pisciensem. In the despatch sent by the Signory to the Cardinal of Naples, only Rinuccini and Fra Domenico are mentioned. (Vide Appendix to the Italian edition, doc. xiv.) influence in favour of St. Mark's; on the other, the Lombard friars, Ludovico the Moor, Venice and Rome, were against it. Thereupon Savonarola's envoys wrote to him that there was no hope of success; but he only replied, Fear not, remain firm, and you will conquer: the Lord scattereth the counsels of the nations, and overthroweth the designs of princes. ' In fact, victory was finally gained in a very strange and unexpected manner. A rumour was spread in Rome to the effect that many of the brethren of St. Mark's were opposed to the separation proposed by Savonarola. Thereupon the latter called a grand assembly of all his friars and made them sign a special petition, attested by the Signory.2 N...

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