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They prolonged the term of exile to those who were banished; put Giovanni di Simone Vespucci in prison; deprived the Accoppiatori of their enemies of the honors of government, and with them the sons of Piero Baroncelli, the whole of the Seragli, Bartolommeo Fortini, Francesco Castellani, and many others.
With those words he descended the stairs, and mounted his charger; the populace gave way in silence, and their Tribune and his slender train passed slowly on, and gradually vanished from the view of the increasing crowd. The Romans remained on the place, and after a pause, the demagogue Baroncelli, who saw an opening to his ambition, addressed them.
"Hearken to the shouts of the populace, you cannot appease their honest warmth," said the demagogue Baroncelli. Many of the Council murmured applause. "Friends," said the Tribune, with a solemn and earnest aspect, "let not Posterity say that Liberty loves blood; let us for once adopt the example and imitate the mercy of our great Redeemer!
A most interesting early example is the series painted in fresco by Taddeo Gaddi, in the Baroncelli Chapel at Florence. The subjects are arranged on two walls. The first on the right hand, and the second, opposite to us as we enter. Joachim is rejected from the Temple. He is consoled by the Angel. The meeting of Joachim and Anna. The Birth of the Virgin. The Presentation of the Virgin.
Virgins violated and matrons dishonoured, somewhat contrasted the solemn and majestic decorum of Rienzi's rule; in fine, Baroncelli fell massacred by the people. And now, if you ask what rules Rome, I answer, 'It is the hope of Rienzi." "A strange man, and various fortunes. What will be the end of both!" "Swift murder to the first, and eternal fame to the last," answered Montreal, calmly.
When they hear Rienzi is in our camp, trust me, we shall have a multitude of deserters from the tyrants trust me, we shall hear no more of Baroncelli." "Ever sagacious," said the Pope, musingly; "it is true, we can use this man: but with caution. His genius is formidable " "And therefore must be conciliated; if we acquit, we must make him ours.
Baroncelli was crowned Tribune, clothed in a robe of gold brocade, and invested with the crozier-sceptre of Rienzi. He had the folly to declare against the Pope; and this it really was that mainly induced Innocent to restore, and oppose to their New Demagogue, the former and more illustrious Tribune.
The buffoonery of Baroncelli became suddenly displeasing; and the orator had the mortification of seeing his audience disperse in all directions, just as he was about to inform them what great things he himself could do in their behalf.
Three treasures in particular does this little temple hold: Giotto's "Coronation of the Virgin"; the della Robbia altar relief, and Mino da Fiesole's tabernacle. Giotto's picture, which is signed, once stood as altar-piece in the Baroncelli chapel of the church proper.
His purpose accomplished, in the recovery of the patrimonial territory, the submission of John di Vico, and the fall and death of the Demagogue Baroncelli, the Cardinal deemed it far from advisable to restore to Rome, and with so high a dignity, the able and ambitious Rienzi.
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