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This classification must of necessity be imperfect, since many of the tyrannies belong in part to two or more of the kinds which I have mentioned. See Guicc. Braccio da Montone established himself in Perugia in 1416, and aspired, not without good grounds for hope, to acquiring the kingdom of Italy. Francesco Sforza, before gaining Milan, had begun to form a despotism at Ancona.
They thought nothing of removing an enemy by craft or violence: but they took no pleasure in murder for its own sake. The object which they had in view prompted them to take a man's life; the mere delight in brawls and bloodshed of Switzers, Germans, and Spaniards offended their taste. See Guicc. St.
On this point the Relazioni of Italian ambassadors are invaluable. What dryly philosophical compendia are the notes of Machiavelli upon the French Court and Cesare Borgia! How astute are the Venetian letters on the opinions and qualities of the Roman Prelates! Guicc. Ricordi, cciii. Op. Ined. vol. i. p. 229. The year 1300 marks the first development of historical research in Florence.
See the authorities in Burckhardt, pp. 93, 94. Guicc. St. d'It. vol. iii. p. 15. Former Popes had preached crusades against the Turk, languidly or energetically according as the coasts of Italy were threatened. Alexander frequently invited Bajazet to enter Europe and relieve him of the princes who opposed his intrigues in the favor of his children.
Otherwise, I should have loved Martin Luther like myself not that I might break loose from the laws which Christianity, as it is usually interpreted and comprehended, imposes on us, but that I might see that horde of villains reduced within due limits, and forced to live either without vices or without power. Guicc. Op. Ined. vol. i. p. 27.
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