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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64740	Anekdota eteroūiaka, or, The secret history of the house of Medicis written originally by that fam'd historian, the Sieur de Varillas ; made English by Ferrand Spence.; Anecdotes de Florence. English	Varillas, Monsieur (Antoine), 1624-1696.; Spence, Ferrand.	1686 (1686)	Wing V112; ESTC R2059	224,910	556

the posture of a Person expecting Death and was preparing Christianly to receive it The Ecclesiasticks who were little less terrifi'd than the Cardinal had however bethought themselves to sorround him and to make him a Rampart of their own Bodies Much ado had they to get him thence because the People who fanci'd him culpable already throng'd to tear him piece-meal and the Magistrates were forc'd to send their own Guards to his Rescue and yet would not have been able to have effected it but by feigning that their Order was to conduct the Cardinal to the Town-house there to suffer the same Punishment as the other Conspirators But they carried him into the same Palace where he had lodg'd since his Arrival at Florence They so carefully watch'd all its Avenues that his Eminence and his Domesticks could not suffer any Insult during seven or eight days which the Florentines past in an horrible agitation Lorenzo de Medici's Precaution did not end with doing the Cardinal-Nephew important Offices in what regarded his Person but he likewise sav'd his Reputation in a Juncture when it seem'd impossible to exempt it from Tarnish He suppress'd all the Charges and Informations that concern'd him and his Brother Riario He favour'd the Rumour which was spread about That his young Eminency was wholly ignorant of the Plot. He drew up a kind of Declaration from the Accomplices authoriz'd by the Council of Eight who had instructed their Process In a word he sent to make him from time to time very humble Excuses for that he was barr'd of his Liberty during the Tumult and went to pay him a Visit as soon as all was calm and hush again in Florence As for what regarded the Pope Lorenzo de Medici writ to his Holiness in Terms altogether respectful He crav'd the Republicks and his own Pardon for the Discontents the Cardinal-Nephew receiv'd on his account He justified himself tho' no body accus'd him He desir'd that the Memory of it might be abolish'd and mention'd not in the Letters either his own Wound or his Brother's Blood for fear he might seem to harbour Resentment In a word he courted Riario's Friendship by a stroke of Politick Prudence not then in use He made all the Paces for it and made them with an Air that shew'd neither Fear nor Distrust He staid the Orsini's upon the point of their departing to go and desolate the Principality of Forli He took upon him to mediate between them a solid Reconciliation He assur'd him that the Florentines would no longer concern themselves in the Conservation of the Petty Soveraigns of Romagna when the Pope should have a mind to ruine them And for the utmost Mark of Confidence he offer'd to go to Rome upon his Holinesses Parole for the labouring by Word of Mouth to destroy the dangerous Impressions that had been giv'n him to his prejudice without pretending from him any Boon or for himself or for his Friends in consideration of that Journey However the Pope had not any regard either to Lorenzo's Submission or to the Address wherewith he manag'd the Reputation of the Holy See and the Honour of the Riario's in so nice and Matter He onely view'd the Success of the Pazzi's Conspiracy on the Side that could animate him most against a Person whom Heav'n had so visibly protected in stead of considering it on the Side most proper to whet his Indignation He onely suffer'd himself to be transported by the Motions suggested to him by Spite for having miss'd his Aim and thenceforward onely hearkned to this Chimerical Reason namely That the onely Means to cover the Fault he had committed was to pursue it to the end He fanci'd that his coming to a Reconciliation with Lorenzo would at least be tacitly owning his having had a Hand in the Conspiracy contriv'd for his Ruine And that on the contrary by declaring War upon him and attacking him with open Force he would hide in some manner the Foxes Skin under that of the Lion or fill at least Peoples Minds with so vast an Idea and so capable of possessing them by a multitude of Events which the Sword is wont daily to produce that they would have no leisure to think of what had pass'd afore Upon this Presupposition the Pope follow'd the Counsel given him by Riario to levy Troops and not embroil himself a second time in an Enterprise whose Success might prove contrary to his expectation by Contingencies his Holiness could not foresee he resolv'd to take his Measures so well for the Ruine of Lorenzo de Medici that Fortune that had so signally declar'd in his behalf shou'd be constrain'd to abandon him in spite of her teeth This made the Pope send the shrewdest of his Emissaries call'd Stefano Noirdi to the King of Naples And that he might be dispos'd to practise all his Tricks and Artifices he had a Cardinal's Cap promis'd him if he effected his Negotiation He was given in Charge to represent to this King That the Honour of his Crown was too far engag'd in the Destruction of the Florentines to leave them at Peace since the Conspiracy wherein the Duke of Calabria his Son had tamper'd was discover'd and to suffer that the Lie should rest with him That this young Prince being arriv'd upon the Frontiers of Tuscany with a brave Army it ought to be put into Action tho' it were onely to prevent its ruining its self in Sloth and becoming contemptible by an ignominous Retreat That it would have been expedient the Duke of Calabria had not advanc'd so soon but that Step being made there was no means of going back That the Florentines seeing him resolv'd to subdue them would acquiesce perhaps out of Prudence and submit to the Destiny which then they would look on as inevitable whereas if he made a Halt after having menac'd so highly the Florentines would harbour an insupportable Presumption and the other Petty Potentates of Italy after their Example would insensibly be accustom'd to despise the Crown of Naples for which they afore had Deferences little different from Subjection These Reasons were too feeble to move so old a Prince and by consequence so near his Death as was the King of Naples The Blood that thrill'd in his Veins was too cold to be fir'd by so small a matter And Fame was no longer a Good he minded the husbanding since the most Considerable of his Subjects had aspers'd it with such bloody publick Reproaches that it was no longer possible to repair it Thus Nardi chang'd his Design as soon as he had felt his Pulse and pretending to have receiv'd new Orders from Rome demanded Audience and propos'd the Conquest of the State of Florence on condition it should be atchiev'd with the Arms of the Holy See and those of Naples both obeying one and the same General That this General should be the Duke of Calabria and that the War should be carri'd on at the Pope's Charge onely That Riario should be