cC^^JCt CCC c C «^^^^i^^— ^^ ^^^i^<^«S J r^-. < ^W(jX- '^ ^««si^:^ ccc cxT c26] . . . il duca di Cala- vra con sua baronia e cavalieri entro nella citta di Siena . . . Trovo la terra molto partita per la guerra cli' era intra 'Tolomei e' Salimbeni, che quasi tutti i cittadini cbi tenea coll' uno e cM coll' altro . . . e '1 duca cosi fece, cbe tra le due case Tolomei e Salimbeni fece fare triegua con soflficiente sicurta cinque anni" . . . ccclvi. p. 343 sq. In 1337, tbey made peace together at the command of the Pope. Cron. San R. I. S. xv. 96. 21. — P. 292. Gonde-imi'd to pay^ etc.] This was a constant mode of punishment, presumably for the rich and powerful. Thus, in the year of our play, fifteen of the Tolomei were mulcted, three of them in a thousand florins each. Cron. San. u. c. 54. 22. — P. 297. — who could lend the State, etc.] '' Incontanente si prowidono [i Sanesi e gli usciti ghibelhni] di moneta, e accattaro dalla compagnia de' Salimbeni, che allora erano mercatanti, ventimila fiorini d'oro, e puosono loro pegno la rocca a Tentennana, e piu altre castella del comune." G. Yill. VI. Ixxvi. (ed. cit. II. p. 104.) Cs. Note 24. 23. — P. 309. The people do not like you any more Than do the nobles; etc.] " Era per lunghi tempi governato il reggimento della Citta di Siena per I or dine di Nove, il quale era ristretto in meno di novanta Cittadini, sotto certo industrioso inganno : pero che quando il tempo yeniva di fare i loro generali squittini, accio che ogni degno cittadino popolare entrasse neUo ordine de' Nove, colore che haveano gia usurpati gli Uficj si ragunavano segretamente in una Chiesa, e 17* 394 NOTES TO ivi disponeano di alcuni cui e' voleano che rimanessono nell' or- diue, fermaDdoli tra loro 'per saramento. E prometteano tutti dare a' detti le loro boci co' lupini neri. e tutti gli altri, che andavano alio squittino, eh' erano molti buoai e degni Cittadiai, gli riprovavano co' lupini bianchi, si che I'ordine non crescea piu che volessono : ne alcuno v'entrava che tra loro iti prima nou fosse diliberato : Per la qual cosa erano in odio a tutti gli altri popolani, e a grande parte de' nobili, con cui non s'intendeano. Eranvi certi, che manteneano questa citta, e guidavano il comune, come e' voleano." M. Yillani. IV. c. Ixi. in Rer. Ital. Script XIV. coll. 2tS sq. The historian goes on to show, how, with the desire to debase and disfranchise Florence by the power of Charles IV., the chiefs in the government of the Nine made o^er their own liberties to that Emperor. 24. — P. 314. — their enormous loealth — ] A note to the Sanesan Chronicle [1. c. coll. 96, V) attests at once the great wealth and the large commerce of this powerful family. For their wealth, it wiU be sufQcient to quote the first paragraph " In quest' anno 1337 si osserva la gran ricchezza de' Salimbeni. Qui si iegge : ' Benuccio di Giovanni Sahmbeni era in questo tempo 1337. Camarlengo, e distribuitore de-le Casate de' Sahmbeni Nobili di Siena, cioede' censi, e argentiera^ e ramiera, donde die piu anni avea a distribuire infra 16. capifa- miglie di Salimbeni circa a fiorini .cento mila d'oro.'' For their com • merce, it is said that they sold in the single month of January of the succeeding year (1338) " ottanta borse ["borse da spose d'oro," elsewhere] per 80. spose noveUe di Casate de' Nobili di Siena ". Whereupon the commentator adds the remark, " that it demonstrates sufficiently the great riches the Sanesan people made by traffic, as it further makes evident the great Nobility that was then in Siena, he not supposing it possible that in any city whatever of Italy in his own time tliere could in a single year be made eighty marriages among families actually noble." THE MONTA^^Nl 39.1 25. — P. 325. — and whenjhe Nine Begin to totter, etc.] It was not till thirty-three years afterward that the iniquitous government was put down by Charles lY., in violation of his own engagement. See Matt. Yillani ; who remarks philosophically: "B pare degna cosa, che colorO; i quali ingannano in Comune i loro Cittadini, e rompono la fede a' loro amici, che alcuna volta per quella medesima sieno puniti, e portino pena de' peccati commessi." ad init. cap. Ixxxi. col. 294. The Emperor 'entered Siena the 25th of March, 1855, whereupon the Tolomei, Malavolti, Piccolomini, Saracini, and those of the Sallmbeni who were opposed to the corrupt magistracy, with a concourse of common people, raised the cry of *' Yiva lo 'mpera- dore, e muojono i Nove e le gabelle ! " There occurred the usual scenes of violence, with death to some, and spohation ; the expulsion of the I^ine and their families. The next day the Emperor forbad forever the office and order. All who had taken part in the Govern- ment, to escape the danger and the infamy with which they were regarded as traitors to their own country, went into foreign lands. ib. Ixxxii. coL 295. The ChroDicle of Neri di Donate records the event with more force and greater detail. The Emperor swears to preserve the order of the Xine. (They had sent an embassy to him. See note 5, above, also note 23 ad c, p. 394.) He enters, the 23d of March, to the cry of " Yiva Lomperadore, e muoja li Xove ! '* cyts the chains of the city the 24th. The next day, the 25th, Siena in arms. Charles revokes his oath and annuls all the privileges con- ceded. — The account of the riot, and its violence, and the over- throw of the Xine, is very fuH in this chronicler. Eobbery ; arson ; death and wounds to some of the order, complete ruin to all, whom none, not even the clergy, would succor. Ad ann. 1355. 26.— P. 332. — five hundred golden Johns .^] On one side of the florin of gold was the image of John the Baptist, with the legend ' Santo Giovanni Battista " ; on the other the hly of the repubhe (whence its name), with " Fiorenza." 396 NOTES TO It was in 1252, in a period of great prosperity and elation, after victories over their rivals, that the Florentines commenced, the coin- ing of this famous piece, gold money not being then in use witli them. As it was of extraordinary fineness, it came at once into great repute, and its value was so jealously regarded that for nearly 300 years we find scarcely any if any change either in the weight or the quality of the metal.* Villani teUs us the florins were twenty- four carats fine and that eight of them weighed an ounce {Oron. VI. liii.) ; Yarchi, a little more than twenty-three and seven-eighths in fineness {St. Fior. t. v. p. 61. ed. al. cit.\ and that every hundred weighed an exact pound (t. iii. p". 115). But as the latter is so parti- cular in his statement, it may be that he has only expressed with precision what Yillani described in general terms. The florin of gold was also caUed a ducat (Y. ib. III. 117), as here in Act lY. Sc. 2, and throughout Bianca. Of course, while the nominal value was the same, as estimated in lire and soldi^ the actual worth of the coin varied in different ages (see Varchi as above. III. 117, 118), and at that distant day a thou- sand florins of gold, though in computation but little more than so many of our gold dollars, was a very considerable sum of money. 27. — P. 315. Messer Frovenzano^ etc.] At Colle di Valdelsa^ in 1269, when the Florentine Guelfs defeated the G-hibellines of Siena and their allies of the same faction, and avenged the disaster of Montaperti. "II Conte Guido J^oveflo si fuggi, e messere Proven- zano Salvani signore e guidatore dell' oste de' Sanesi fu preso, e tagliatoli il capo, e per tutto il campo portato fitto in su una lancia. E bene s' adempie la profezia e revelazione che gli avea fatta il diavolo ' per via d'incantesimo, ma non la intese ; che avendolo fatto con- strignere per sapere come capiterebbe in quella oste, mendacemente * This had its natural consequence. They not only rose in value in 1531, but they were withdrawn from circulation, and melted or hoarded. VAlicili, ut s. III., 117, sq. & V. 61. THE MONTANINI 3 9 7 rispuose, e disse : anderai e combatterai, vincerai no morrai alia bat- tagiia, e la tiia testa fia la piii alta del campo ; e egli credendo avere la vittoria per quelle parole, e credendo riraanere signore sopra tutti, non fece il punto alia fallacie, ove disse : vincerai no, morrai ec. E pero e grande follia a credere a si fatto consigiio come quello del diavolo." G. Yillani. YIL xxxi. (T. II. p. 195.) 28.— P. 341 Fit to live. aiac. Camilla! — Woman! — Stop!] This is quite equal in time to the ten-syllable Iambic, — the em- phasis in the three last words of the preceding verse being on " art.*' The regular measure however may be observed, by simply substitu- ting " Worthy " for " Fit," and putting the emphasis on " not." But the passage loses thereby strength and propriety. '' Fit " is the word Camilla wou]d have used. 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