. Life and times of Girolamo Savonarola. roduced by him this Lent farexceeded that of the preceding years. The fame ofthese sermons on Amos and Zechariah was noised through-out Italv, and even beyond the Alps. On the one handthe enthusiasm of his followers was increasing to fanaticism,while on the other the hate of his adversaries was nearingits climax. The potentates of Italy raised cries of pro-test ; the Pope was burning with fury, and it seemed asthough the Vatican itself were shaken by the thundersof the Friars eloquence. His courage in daring to assertthe irresistible might of charity, o
. Life and times of Girolamo Savonarola. roduced by him this Lent farexceeded that of the preceding years. The fame ofthese sermons on Amos and Zechariah was noised through-out Italv, and even beyond the Alps. On the one handthe enthusiasm of his followers was increasing to fanaticism,while on the other the hate of his adversaries was nearingits climax. The potentates of Italy raised cries of pro-test ; the Pope was burning with fury, and it seemed asthough the Vatican itself were shaken by the thundersof the Friars eloquence. His courage in daring to assertthe irresistible might of charity, of liberty, of justice, offaith, and of reason, and still more to cry it aloud indefiance of the threats of a Pope stained with infamy andbloodshed, was truly unprecedented, and, by awakeningan echo wherever the sentiment of goodness still survived,threw mens minds in a turmoil. But of the differentpassions raging on all sides we must speak in the follow-ing chapter. • Last sermon of the Lenten course on Amos and Zechariah. CHAPTER VARIOUS WRITINGS CONCERNING THE WORKS OF SAVON-AROLA. LETTERS ADDRESSED TO HIM BY DIFFERENTPOTENTATES, ANT> HIS REPLIES. THE FLORENTINEAMBASSADORS INTER VIE W WITH THE POPE. SA VON-AROLoA RETURNS TO THE PULPIT AND PREACHESON FESTIVAL DAYS ON TEXTS FROM RUTH ANDMICAH. (1496.) ,OR the due comprehension of the effect ofSavonarolas sermons it would be neces-sary to read the letters written in Florenceat that The Florentines seemto have been positively unable to thinkof anything excepting the Friar, andequally unable to confine themselves to truth. Somewrite that he (the Friar) scoffs at the bull of excommunica-tion that has just arrived ; 2 that he speaks of the Popeas worse than a Turk ; the princes of Italy as worse thanheretics : others assert that he intends to reveal from thepulpit all the crimes of his persecutors, and that he isabout to prophesy still more marvellous things. Some 1 Many of these letters are in the Manuscript Misc
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