. Life and times of Girolamo Savonarola. institu-tions, vide Passerini, Storia degli Istituti di beneficenza in Firenze,Florence, 1853. Vide also Ridia, Notizie storiche delle Chiese diFirenze Annalcs Conventus S. Marci, Cod. 112 of the Library ofSt. Mark, Florence, now comprised in the Laurentian Library; FabroniVita Magni Cosmi Medicei. SAVONAROLA FORGETS HIS S0R&01VS. 37 with a company of angels ; and as he gazed upon them,the Friar felt transported into a blessed sphere like untothe world of his dreams. The sacred memories ofAntonine ; the Saints deeds of charity still enduring andstill ve
. Life and times of Girolamo Savonarola. institu-tions, vide Passerini, Storia degli Istituti di beneficenza in Firenze,Florence, 1853. Vide also Ridia, Notizie storiche delle Chiese diFirenze Annalcs Conventus S. Marci, Cod. 112 of the Library ofSt. Mark, Florence, now comprised in the Laurentian Library; FabroniVita Magni Cosmi Medicei. SAVONAROLA FORGETS HIS S0R&01VS. 37 with a company of angels ; and as he gazed upon them,the Friar felt transported into a blessed sphere like untothe world of his dreams. The sacred memories ofAntonine ; the Saints deeds of charity still enduring andstill venerated by the brotherhood ; the friars themselvesso superior in culture and refinement to any that he hadyet known —all combined to make him believe his lotcast among real brethren of the soul. His heartexpanded with ingenuous hopes, he forgot all past dis-appointments, and did not anticipate the still sadder trialsawaiting him when he should have been long enough inFlorence to better understand the nature of its ^m^) CHAPTER III. LORENZO THE MAGNIFICENT,1 AND THE FLORENTINES OF HIS DA Y. T the time of Savonarolas coming,Lorenzo the Magnificent had reigned inFlorence for many years, and was thenat the height of his power and his rale all things wore an air ofprosperity and well-being. The fac-which had so frequently distracted the city had longall refusing to bend beneath the
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