. Life and times of Girolamo Savonarola. ing words, and to have full belief in them. In factit was the general feeling of the French that they weredivinely guided to fulfil the Lords work, and Charles felta strong veneration for the man who had prophesied hiscoming and foretold the success of his expedition. Con-sequently the Friars exhortation inspired him with realterror, and decided him to behave more honourably to theFlorentines. Thus, when Savonarola returned to the cityshortly after the other ambassadors, he was the bearer ofmore satisfactory intelligence. 1 This discourse is to be found
. Life and times of Girolamo Savonarola. ing words, and to have full belief in them. In factit was the general feeling of the French that they weredivinely guided to fulfil the Lords work, and Charles felta strong veneration for the man who had prophesied hiscoming and foretold the success of his expedition. Con-sequently the Friars exhortation inspired him with realterror, and decided him to behave more honourably to theFlorentines. Thus, when Savonarola returned to the cityshortly after the other ambassadors, he was the bearer ofmore satisfactory intelligence. 1 This discourse is to be found at p. 237 and fol. of the CompendiumRevelationum. For the compilation of our narrative of these events(besides using the documents given to the world by Desjardin and Guasti,we have relied not only on Nardis minute account, but also on the evi-dence of Cerretani, Parenti, Rinuccini, Gaddi, Landucci, and Guicciardini,&c. All these writers agree as to the main facts, while differing as tominute and insignificant details. CHAPTER THE KBVOL7 OF TIS2!. THE ENTRY OF VW. r&CTO FLOT(ENCE; HIS TREATY WITH THE T(EPUBLlCt AZ\D JUS DEPART L-JyE. (November, 1494.) WING to fresh disasters, Tuscan affairswere now at a sad pass. On the veryday that the Medici were expelled fromFlorence, the Pisans rose in revolt andregained their liberty by force. Eversince their subjection to the Florentine,or, as they called it, the foreign yoke, their sole aim hadbeen to cast it oft. Loss of independence had been almostimmediately followed by the ruin of their commerce andindustry. They had seen their population thinned, everyfree institution destroyed, and accordingly the greater partof the citizens had preferred exile to slavery. But, at theapproach of the French, their hopes had revived, andLudovico the Moor, who always fished in troubledwaters, and already cherished the design of becomingmaster of Pisa, continually urged them to revolt, promisingall kinds of assistance and causing secret
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