A History of the Commonwealth of Florence: From the Earliest ..., volume 2
A History of the Commonwealth of Florence: From the Earliest ..., volume 2
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But at the call of his old patrons he hurried northwards, and was at once despatched to the protection of Bologna. Other renowned generals also were engaged. The Signory " sent into all parts of Christendom to hire captains and soldiers, and to stir up princes and sovereigns to the destruction of the tyrant of ' Milan." t Rinaldo Orsini, who had distinguished himself as a master of military science, was engaged by the Republic. The Count Giovanni d'Armagnac was also induced to accept an engagem...ent in the same service — the more readily that Carlo, the son of Bemabo Visconti, who had been traitorously deprived of his states by his cousin Giangaleazzo, was his son-in-law.
The terms of Armagnac's engagement — ^his ^'condotta/' * Ammirato, lib. xv. Gonf. 691. f Ibid.
Digitized by VjOOQIC 1890.
278 HISTORY OP THE COMMONWEALTH OP FLORENCE.
.B. as it was called, worth noting as a specimen of the sort of terms and conditions usual in contracts of this sort — were that he should march into Lombardy with two thousand lances (three horsemen each), and three thousand spear- men, and remain on the territory of Visconti doing him all the mischief in his power for six months certain, and for other six months if the agreement should not be declared at an end by either party, with one month's notice ; — that no terms should be made with the enemy or any of his adherents by either party to the agreement without the consent of the other; — that as soon as he should have passed the Rhone on his march, or within fifteen days afterwards at the latest, he should cause all the nobles and captains in his army to swear fideUty to the Repubhc of Florence, sending a written attestation of the same to the Signory ; — that if any city, town, or place should rebel against the Visconti of its own accord, and wish " to live in freedom," or to give itself to any master, not a friend or ally of Visconti, he (Armagnac) should not prevent such city or place from doing so; — ^but that he might dispose as he pleased of any city or town which he should teke ; — finally, that the Florentines should in con- sideration of these services pay him a bounty of fifty thousand golden florins, including his first month's pay, and then fifteen thousand a month for the remainder of his term of service.* Hawkwood, as we have seen, was sent to begin the war by defending the territory of Bologna against the troops of Visconti; but Francesco da Carrara having succeeded in getting back to Padua, and in wresting the city from its forced allegiance to Giangaleazzo, it was deemed advisable to push the war into Lombardy.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But at the call of his old patrons he hurried northwards, and was at once despatched to the protection of Bologna. Other renowned generals also were engaged. The Signory " sent into all parts of Christendom to hire captains and soldiers, and to stir up princes and sovereigns to the destruction of the tyrant of ' Milan." t Rinaldo Orsini, who had distinguished himself as a master of military science, was engaged by the Republic. The Count Giovanni d'Armagnac was also induced to accept an engagem...ent in the same service — the more readily that Carlo, the son of Bemabo Visconti, who had been traitorously deprived of his states by his cousin Giangaleazzo, was his son-in-law.
The terms of Armagnac's engagement — ^his ^'condotta/' * Ammirato, lib. xv. Gonf. 691. f Ibid.
Digitized by VjOOQIC 1890.
278 HISTORY OP THE COMMONWEALTH OP FLORENCE.
.B. as it was called, worth noting as a specimen of the sort of terms and conditions usual in contracts of this sort — were that he should march into Lombardy with two thousand lances (three horsemen each), and three thousand spear- men, and remain on the territory of Visconti doing him all the mischief in his power for six months certain, and for other six months if the agreement should not be declared at an end by either party, with one month's notice ; — that no terms should be made with the enemy or any of his adherents by either party to the agreement without the consent of the other; — that as soon as he should have passed the Rhone on his march, or within fifteen days afterwards at the latest, he should cause all the nobles and captains in his army to swear fideUty to the Repubhc of Florence, sending a written attestation of the same to the Signory ; — that if any city, town, or place should rebel against the Visconti of its own accord, and wish " to live in freedom," or to give itself to any master, not a friend or ally of Visconti, he (Armagnac) should not prevent such city or place from doing so; — ^but that he might dispose as he pleased of any city or town which he should teke ; — finally, that the Florentines should in con- sideration of these services pay him a bounty of fifty thousand golden florins, including his first month's pay, and then fifteen thousand a month for the remainder of his term of service.* Hawkwood, as we have seen, was sent to begin the war by defending the territory of Bologna against the troops of Visconti; but Francesco da Carrara having succeeded in getting back to Padua, and in wresting the city from its forced allegiance to Giangaleazzo, it was deemed advisable to push the war into Lombardy.
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