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So to anticipate a little we see Cesare taking Astorre and Gianevangelista Manfredi to Rome when he returned thither in the following June. A fortnight later on June 26 the formidable amazon of Forli, the Countess Sforza-Riario, was liberated, as we know, from the Castle of Sant' Angelo, and permitted to withdraw to Florence.
But the gates of that grim fortress, in opening to allow her to pass out, opened also for the purpose of admitting Astorre and Gianevangelista, upon whom they closed. All that is known positively of the fate of these unfortunate young men is that they never came forth again alive.
This Castagnini was arrested, thrown into prison, and his possessions confiscated, whilst the Council placed the citadel in the hands of four of its own members together with Gianevangelista Manfredi Astorre's half-brother, and a bastard of Galeotto's. These set about defending it against Cesare, who had now opened fire.
That same evening Astorre himself, attended by a few of his gentlemen, came to the duke. To this rather sickly and melancholy lad, who had behind him a terrible family history of violence, and to his bastard brother, Gianevangelista, the duke accorded the most gracious welcome.
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