Italy from Dante to Tasso (1300-1600) : its political history as viewed from the standpoints of the chief cities, with descriptions of important episodes and personalities and of the art and literature of the three centuries . ted the Popes insidious request thatthe distinguished visitor should be forwarded to Rome, spedhis departure with words of affection and acceptable conditionsof peace for the Florentines, including a reasonable indemnityand the release of the Pazzi prisoners from the dungeon ofVolterra. By this compact Ferrante alienated Pope Sixtus,who forthwith persuaded Venice to join
Italy from Dante to Tasso (1300-1600) : its political history as viewed from the standpoints of the chief cities, with descriptions of important episodes and personalities and of the art and literature of the three centuries . ted the Popes insidious request thatthe distinguished visitor should be forwarded to Rome, spedhis departure with words of affection and acceptable conditionsof peace for the Florentines, including a reasonable indemnityand the release of the Pazzi prisoners from the dungeon ofVolterra. By this compact Ferrante alienated Pope Sixtus,who forthwith persuaded Venice to join him in his crusadeagainst Lorenzo—^for, having wronged him so shamefully, henaturally could not forgive him. But something now happenedthat saved I/orenzo from further attack. Venice, to save her-self from the Turks, had induced them to effect a landing inSouthern Italy, and they captured Otranto and massacred itsinhabitants. Though this city was in Neapolitan territory, thedesecration of the sacred soil of Italy by the dreaded foes of ^ Machiavelli graphically and disdainfully describes these hired troops ofthe Florentines by saying that victory often depended on whether or notsome horse happened to turn i. 32. Pai<i,as and the Centaur, by Botticei,i,i 328
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