seristori

Updated: June 27, 2025

The signors, who held the upper part of the palace, saluted him with stones and threats. Jacopo, while hesitating, was met by Giovanni Seristori, his brother-in-law, who upbraided him with the troubles he had occasioned, and then advised him to go home, for the people and liberty were as dear to other citizens as to himself.

Niccolò Machiavelli - History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy