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And if any one desire to have this view confirmed by numberless other proofs, let him look into Xenophon's treatise De Tirannide. No wonder, then, that the nations of antiquity pursued tyrants with such relentless hatred, and so passionately loved freedom that its very name was dear to them, as was seen when Hieronymus, grandson of Hiero the Syracusan, was put to death in Syracuse.
On the very first page of his preface Varchi dares to write these words respecting Florence 'divenne, dico, di stato piuttosto corrotto e licenzioso, tirannide, che di sana e moderata repubblica, principato'; in which he deals blame with impartial justice all round.
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