. Life and times of Girolamo Savonarola. CHAPTER VII. IIIE ORfDEAL BY FIRE. (April 7, 1498.) T was one of those moments in whichthe popular aspect seems to undergo amagical change. Savonarolas adher-ents had either disappeared or werein hiding; all Florence now seemedagainst him. Messengers from Romeand Milan were continually coming and going. Thespies of the Duke were on the alert, and wrote to theirmaster that some great stroke, was hourly expected on thepart of the In fact, it was well known thatthe Gonfalonier Popoleschi, and Berlinghieri, one of the. 1 Paolo Somenzi, as we have
. Life and times of Girolamo Savonarola. CHAPTER VII. IIIE ORfDEAL BY FIRE. (April 7, 1498.) T was one of those moments in whichthe popular aspect seems to undergo amagical change. Savonarolas adher-ents had either disappeared or werein hiding; all Florence now seemedagainst him. Messengers from Romeand Milan were continually coming and going. Thespies of the Duke were on the alert, and wrote to theirmaster that some great stroke, was hourly expected on thepart of the In fact, it was well known thatthe Gonfalonier Popoleschi, and Berlinghieri, one of the. 1 Paolo Somenzi, as we have seen, resided in Florence, and GiovanniTranchedino in Bologna ; they superintended the proceedings of many ofthe Dukes agents and adherents. During the months of March andApril SomenzT supplied the Duke with detailed accounts of tbe numeroussnares laid for Savonarola by the Arrabbiati, and assured him of thegoodwill of the Signory, all of whom were hostile to the Friar. Tran-chedino at Bclojna continually wrote that he had received intelligencefrom Florence/ that some of the principal leaders who had hithertoruled were in great agitation of mind ; and either through this affair ofthe Friar, or from some other cause, within a few days some movementor tumult might be expected that would probably lead to a completechange of government (Bologna, 20th of March, 1498). Vide Appendix,to the Italian edition, doc. xii. CHALLENGE TO THE ORDEAL BY FIRE. 651 Priors, were doing their utmost to effect a radical changein the Government. As if this were not enough, the pub
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