Byways in southern Tuscany . before him without was done and when he beheld his daughter and herbeautiful children he was overcome with emotion and,embracing them all with tears, forgave them and acknowl-edged them as his kin. The oldest son he made Countof Sarteano with much land thereto and bestowed uponall of them rich gifts of diverse kinds. So Piero andhis family left Radicofani and journeyed to Sarteano fifteenmiles away where they and their descendants lived andruled for full five hundred years. Of course the authenticity of this agreeable narrativehas been called in question
Byways in southern Tuscany . before him without was done and when he beheld his daughter and herbeautiful children he was overcome with emotion and,embracing them all with tears, forgave them and acknowl-edged them as his kin. The oldest son he made Countof Sarteano with much land thereto and bestowed uponall of them rich gifts of diverse kinds. So Piero andhis family left Radicofani and journeyed to Sarteano fifteenmiles away where they and their descendants lived andruled for full five hundred years. Of course the authenticity of this agreeable narrativehas been called in question, hard history disputes it, but 213 BYWAYS IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY at least the counts Manente of Sarteano, from the eleventhcentury on, were possessed of Pieros martial qualities;they practised fighting as a fine art, and when not busyat home hired themselves out impartially to fight otherpeoples battles, and they were always in demand. Forthe rest, the history of Sarteano repeats that of other smalltowns in the Sienese Chiusi
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